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I think about the sentence a long time, and then I write it. I don't revise it once it's set down.

- Jim Harrison
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Whatever I learned reading 'Scientific American,' nothing can finally compete with your own observations.

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You can be in terrible shape, and if you take a three-hour walk through the forest and along the river, you're simply not the same as when you started out.

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I think about the sentence a long time, and then I write it. I don't revise it once it's set down.

I think about the sentence a long time, and then I write it. I don't revise it once it's set down.

I think about the sentence a long time, and then I write it. I don't revise it once it's set down.

I think about the sentence a long time, and then I write it. I don't revise it once it's set down.

I think about the sentence a long time, and then I write it. I don't revise it once it's set down.

I think about the sentence a long time, and then I write it. I don't revise it once it's set down.

I think about the sentence a long time, and then I write it. I don't revise it once it's set down.

I think about the sentence a long time, and then I write it. I don't revise it once it's set down.

I think about the sentence a long time, and then I write it. I don't revise it once it's set down.

I think about the sentence a long time, and then I write it. I don't revise it once it's set down.

I think about the sentence a long time, and then I write it. I don't revise it once it's set down.

I think about the sentence a long time, and then I write it. I don't revise it once it's set down.

I think about the sentence a long time, and then I write it. I don't revise it once it's set down.

I think about the sentence a long time, and then I write it. I don't revise it once it's set down.

I think about the sentence a long time, and then I write it. I don't revise it once it's set down.