KEN ALSTAD QUOTES II

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To avoid temptation, yield.

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Surprise is a near-sighted porcupine fallin' in love with a cactus.

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Some cowboys got too much tumbleweed in their blood to settle down.

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Brains in the head saves blisters on the feet.

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It's harder to make a banker out of a hoss thief than a hoss thief out of a banker.

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Never gamble with a man who knows both sides of the cards.

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Teeth and memory weaken with age.

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A go-getter is a cowboy who forgot to hobble his horse.

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A toothless dog chews careful.

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It's the far-off cows that wear the biggest horns.

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Men honor men who honor their fellow men.

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The cards ain't been shuffled good 'less you got a good hand.

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A man who looks for easy work goes to bed tired.

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A politician don't steal elections, he pays for 'em.

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Don't point a gun at nobody you ain't willin' to shoot, if necessary.

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Eagles don't catch flies.

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Happiness depends more on how life strikes you than on what happens.

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It's hard to put a foot in a shut mouth.

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Men and barbed wire have their good points.

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Nerves is just a case of which end of a six-gun you happen to be lookin' at.

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