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Steers And Queers 

Texas. "All they got in Texas is steers and queers"
- Matt Dillon in Over The Edge, 1979
Matt Dillon said "All they got in Texas is steers and queers," three years before "Officer And A Gentleman."
Steers And Queers by Roscoe F October 30, 2008

land of steers and queers

The Steers and Queers line is used in both "An Officer and a Gentleman" and in "Full Metal Jacket."

In "Full Metal Jacket," Gunnery Sergeant Hartman uses the line on Private Cowboy, from Texas.

In "An Officer and a Gentleman," Gunnery Sergeant Foley first uses the line on a character, portrayed by David Keith, from Oklahoma. Then, at the end of the movie, Richard Gere passes by Sgt. Foley using the same line on a new recruit from Arizona.

All three states can be considered valid for the line.

land of steers and queers

"only steers and queers come from Texas private cowboy, and you don't much look like a steer to me so that kinda narrows it down" Full Metal Jacket 1987

land of steers and queers

land of steers and queers

The only two things from Oklahoma are steers and queers, and I don't see any horns on you boy. (Officer and a Gentleman, An - 1982)
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