"Almost all Americans would recognize Anchorage, because Anchorage is that part of any city where the city has burst its seams and extruded Colonel Sanders."

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Source : John McPhee (1996). “The Second John McPhee Reader”, p.19, Macmillan

John McPhee

#Cities Quotes #Colonels Quotes

“The ladies kept telling me I wasn't good in bed, so I figured if I wasn't a lover then I must be a fighter”
“We've been pretty lucky we've played with Feeder, Hundred Reasons and Puddle of Mud, but I think the one we're most proud of is playing with The Deftones because when we were kids they were everyone's favourite band. I think all our mates were pretty envious.”
“How many n-bombs are dropped? It depends on what I post.”
“Thought Of equality- as if it harm'd me, giving others the same chances and rights as myself- as if it were not indispensable to my own rights that others possess the same.”
“The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other's life.”
“The essence of competitiveness is liberated when we make people believe that what they think and do is important - and then get out of their way while they do it.”
“All I could think of when I got a look at the place from the outside was what fun it would be to stand out there and watch it burn down.”
“You may think it odd that there were three men to look after one tiny station, but the people who ran the railway knew that if you left two men together in a lonely place they would quarrel, but if you left three men, two of them could always grumble to each other about the third, and then they would be quite happy.”

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