"Fish and visitors stink in three days."
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"Don't tell fish stories where the people know you; but particularly, don't tell them where they know the fish."
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"Datin'is a lot like fishin'. Sometimes catch and release is the best method."
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"The fisherman has a harmless, preoccupied look; he is a kind of vagrant, that nothing fears. He blends himself with the trees and the shadows. All his approaches are gentle and indirect. He times himself to the meandering, soliloquizing stream; he addresses himself to it as a lover to his mistress; he woos it and stays with it till he knows its hidden secrets. Where it deepens his purpose deepens; where it is shallow he is indifferent. He knows how to interpret its every glance and dimple; its beauty haunts him for days."
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"Come warm weather, I'm going to take a kid fishing; I hope you do to. But nothing would make me happier than to look across the cove or down the stream and see a young one help an old one remember what it is like to be young in Springtime."
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"The fishing is best where the fewest go. There is just less competition for bigger goals."
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"Instead of our drab slogging forth and back to the fishing boats, there's reason to live! We can lift ourselves out of ignorance, we can find ourselves as creatures of excellence and intelligence and skill. We can learn to be free! we can learn to fly!"
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"When you bait your hook with your heart, the fish always bite."
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"In eternity there is indeed something true and sublime. But all these times and places and occasions are now and here. God himself culminates in the present moment and will never be more divine in the lapse of the ages. Time is but a stream I go a-fishing in. I drink at it, but when I drink I see the sandy bottom and detect how shallow it is. Its thin current slides away but eternity remains."
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"A dream of life comes to me, like a catfish dancing on the end of the line."
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"It has always been my private conviction that any man who puts his intelligence up against a fish and loses had it coming."
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"A fishing rod is a stick with a hook at one end and a fool at the other."
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"The profound difference that divides the human race is a question of bait - whether to fish with worms or not."
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"Fishing tournaments seem a little like playing tennis with living balls."
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"Water its living strength first shows, When obstacles its course oppose."
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"We are standing on a whale fishing for minnows."
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"I have other fish to fry."
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"All consumption should be local. No food products need to be transported over hundreds of miles to market. All commercial fishing should be abolished. If local communities need to fish the fish should be caught individually by hand. We need to stop flying, stop driving cars, and jetting around on marine recreational vehicles."
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"Usually the way to screw up some good fishing is to have a tournament. This just keeps getting better and better."
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"The fishing is best where the fewest go and the collective insecurity of the world makes it easy for people to hit home runs while everyone is aiming for base hits."
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