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Norman MacCaig

"I used to fish the Border rivers, but nowadays you have to queue up for a shot and I can't stand that."

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"I don't like to eat the same dish every day, so I read very different things."

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"I have very interesting hobbies like archeology and photography."

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"As I grew steadily more comfortable in the kitchen, I found that, much like gardening, most cooking manages to be agreeably absorbing without being too demanding intellectually. It leaves plenty of mental space for daydreaming and reflection."

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"My question about luging is, How do you get into the luge community to begin with? Is it one day like, 'Mom, Dad, I really want to luge.' And your parents are like: 'O.K., I'll quit my job. We'll move to an Alpine community.'"

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"Yes there is a little group of soccer aficionados, but I am not one of them."

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"As you grow old, if you don't earn some money or inspiration out of your hobby, you will stop pursuing your hobby."

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"Different taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections."

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"This is not your standard "How to restore your VW Beetle book. It's also not a workshop manual. Aside from a basic rundown on the differences between various bug models through the years, there is a section on some things you can do to preserve your bug. Mostly however, what I've done is reviewed all the things I did to my bugsand put those ideas together as cheap, skillful, cheap, d.i.y, cheap means of enhancing your grocery getter's performance and handling."

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"I can ski out of my back door."

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"I've caught fish as big as I am. I've caught marlin close to 300 pounds."

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"I find it's impossible for me to read Proust."
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"And the second question, can poetry be taught? I didn't think so."
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"I said I have no powers of invention. Well, I also have no powers of mimicry."
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"And some poets are far better read off the page because they're very bad speakers. I'm thinking of one in particular whom I won't name, a good poet, and he reads in such a dry, boring way, your eyes start drooping."
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"I was very interested in American poetry for many years. Much less now."
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"There are some friends you don't meet for twenty years and when you meet them again it's as if no twenty years has happened - you're lucky when that happens. I feel the same about books."
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"People haven't got the interest in long long works these days. A lack of interest which I share."
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"And it's impossible for me to read Henry James."
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"When I go fishing I like to know that there's nobody within five miles of me."
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"Well, I'm a light traveller. I chuck things away."
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