"Travel by canoe is not a necessity, and will nevermore be the most efficient way to get from one region to another, or even from one lake to another anywhere. A canoe trip has become simply a rite of oneness with certain terrain, a diversion off the field, an art performed not because it is a necessity but because there is value in the art itself."

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Source : John McPhee (1982). “The Survival of the Bark Canoe”, p.34, Farrar, Straus and Giroux

John McPhee

#Art Quotes #Lakes Quotes #Oneness Quotes

“I'd rather regret the things I've done than regret the things I haven't done.”
“I'm afraid of flying.”
“I'm a perfectionist, and I always think that I can do better what I have done, even if it's good.”
“A novel is balanced between a few true impressions and the multitude of false ones that make up most of what we call life.”
“Perhaps the only thing in my favor is that I am very tenacious. I don't take 'no' very well.”

Source : "Q&A: Filming a War of Bombs in The Hurt Locker". Interview with Julian Sancton, www.vanityfair.com. July 8, 2009.
“I have a buddy of mine who's a musician, and I play guitar and sing quite a bit with him.”
“It is quite widely known that I like shoes. This is not something that defines me as either a woman or a politician, but it has come to define me in the eyes of the newspapers. I wore a pair of leopard-print kitten heels to a Conservative Party Conference a few years ago and the papers have continued to focus on my feet ever since.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Your future is being determined by you right now, depending on the choices you make.”

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