"Early on I decided that fishing would be my way of looking at the world. First it taught me to look at rivers. Lately it has been teaching me how to look at people, myself included."

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Source : Thomas McGuane (2014). “The Longest Silence: A Life in Fishing”, p.15, Vintage

Thomas McGuane

#Teaching Quotes #Fishing Quotes #Rivers Quotes

“People â€” running from unhappiness, hiding in power â€” are locked within their reputations, ambitions, beliefs.”
“I believe in karma, and I believe if you put out positive vibes to everybody, that's all you're going to get back.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Love means attention, which means looking after the things we love. We call this stable management.”
“Never interrupt a lady when she is speaking to you, as if what you have to say is more important.”
“Truly, the bench is a boon to idlers. Whoever first came up with the idea is a genius: free public resting places where you can take time out from the bustle and brouhaha of the city, and simply sit and watch and reflect.”

Source : "Idle thoughts" by Tom Hodgkinson, www.theguardian.com. February 3, 2006.
“My goal when I make my show is to make a show for women. I don't make a show for men.”
“The man who says he is willing to meet you halfway is usually a poor judge of distance.”
“You know, it is life that is right and the architect who is wrong.”

Source : "Lived-in Architecture: Le Corbusier's Pessac Revisited". Book by Philippe Boudon, trans. Gerald Onn, 1969.

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