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Men greet each other with a sock on the arm, women with a hug, and the hug wears better in the long run.

~Edward Hoagland

Topics: Arm Better Each Greet Hug Long Long Run Men Other Run Sock Wears Women

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Country people do not behave as if they think life is short; they live on the principle that it is long, and savor variations of the kind best appreciated if most days are the same.

~Edward Hoagland

Topics: Appreciated Behave Best Country Days Kind Life Life Is Short Live Long Most People Principle Same Savor Short Think Variations

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When I was 18 I worked with the Ringling Brothers circus, taking care of menagerie animals. I used to rather deliberately risk my life with the big cats.

~Edward Hoagland

Topics: Animals Big Brothers Care Cats Circus Deliberately Life My Life Rather Risk Taking Used Worked

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Once I climbed into a mountain lion's cage and she bounded at me and put her paw on my face, but she kept her claws withdrawn.

~Edward Hoagland

Topics: Cage Claws Climbed Face Her Kept Lion Me Mountain Once Paw Put She

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A writer's work is to witness things.

~Edward Hoagland

Topics: Things Witness Work Writer

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City people try to buy time as a rule, when they can, whereas country people are prepared to kill time, although both try to cherish in their mind's eye the notion of a better life ahead.

~Edward Hoagland

Topics: Although Better Better Life Both Buy Cherish City Country Eye Life Mind Notion People Prepared Rule Time Try Whereas Ahead

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Animals are stylized characters in a kind of old saga - stylized because even the most acute of them have little leeway as they play out their parts.

~Edward Hoagland

Topics: Acute Animals Because Characters Even Kind Little Most Old Out Parts Play Saga Them

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The question of whether it's God's green earth is not at center stage, except in the sense that if so, one is reminded with some regularity that He may be dying.

~Edward Hoagland

Topics: Center Dying Earth Except God Green He May Question Regularity Reminded Sense Some Stage Whether

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Like a kick in the butt, the force of events wakes slumberous talents.

~Edward Hoagland

Topics: Butt Events Force Kick Like Talents Wakes

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In order to really enjoy a dog, one doesn't merely try to train him to be semi-human. The point of it is to open oneself to the possibility of becoming partly a dog.

~Edward Hoagland

Topics: Becoming Dog Enjoy Him Merely Oneself Open Order Partly Point Possibility Really Train Try

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Author

Born: December 21st, 1932

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