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Quote by John Steinbeck
It has always been my private conviction that any man who pits his

It has always been my private conviction that any man who pits his intelligence against a fish and loses has it coming. – John Steinbeck

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What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness. – John Steinbeck

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Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts… perhaps the fear of a loss of power. – John Steinbeck

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[T]his planet is covered with sordid men who demand that he who spends time fishing shall show returns in fish. – Leonidas Hubbard, Jr.

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There is no greater fan of fly fishing than the worm. – Patrick F. McManus, Never Sniff a Gift Fish, 1979

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There is certainly something in angling that tends to produce a serenity of the mind. – Washington Irving

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Somebody just back of you while you are fishing is as bad as someone looking over your shoulder while you write a letter to your girl. – Ernest Hemingway

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Prosperity or egalitarianism – you have to choose. I favor freedom – you never achieve real equality anyway: you simply sacrifice prosperity for an illusion. – Mario Vargas Llosa

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Genius is initiative on fire. – Holbrook Jackson

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Life… is not simply a series of exciting new ventures. The future is not always a whole new ball game. There tends to be unfinished business. One trails all sorts of things around with one, things that simply wont be got rid of. – Anita Brookner

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The doors of wisdom are never shut. – Benjamin Franklin

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