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" I rarely read or buy a book because of a review. "
Jim Harrison
Because
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" I wrote 'Legends of the Fall' in nine days, but I had been thinking about it for a few years. "
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" Some people hear their own inner voices with great clearness. And they live by what they hear. Such people become crazy... or they become legend. "
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" The big curse of America, to me, is skinless, boneless chicken breasts. They're banal and relatively flavorless. The rest of the world's trying to get some fat to eat, and we're trying to ban it from our diet. "
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" You can't be unhappy in the middle of a big, beautiful river. "
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" Your subconscious mind is trying to help you all the time. That's why I keep a journal - not for chatter but for mostly the images that flow into the mind or little ideas. I keep a running journal, and I have all of my life, so it's like your gold mine when you start writing. "
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" We are delightfully trapped by our memories. I can't drink a bottle of Chateauneuf-du-Pape Vieux Telegraphe without revisiting a hotel bistro in Luzerne, Switzerland, where I ate a large bowl of a peppery Basque baby goat stew. A sip and a bite. A bite and sip. Goose bumps come with the divine conjunction of food and wine. "
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Child
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Existence
Fact
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Loose
Like
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