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Quote by Ernest Hemingway
There isnt any symbolism. The sea is the sea. The old man is an ol

There isnt any symbolism. The sea is the sea. The old man is an old man. The boy is a boy and the fish is a fish. The shark are all sharks no better and no worse. All the symbolism that people say is shit. What goes beyond is what you see beyond when you know. – Ernest Hemingway

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When you have shot one bird flying you have shot all birds flying. They are all different and they fly in different ways but the sensation is the same and the last one is as good as the first. – Ernest Hemingway

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I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen. – Ernest Hemingway

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