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I was raised on farms by people who didn't have Wal-Mart. They had to make their own sleds, harnesses, clothing, etc.

~Gary Paulsen

Topics: Clothing Etc Farms Had Make Own People Raised Wal-Mart Who I Was Raised

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I'm a teller of stories. I put bloody skins on my back and dance around the fire, and I say what the hunt was like. It's not erudite; it's not intellectual. I sail, run dogs, ride horses, play professional poker, and tell stories about the stuff I've been through. And I'm still a romantic; I still want Bambi to make it out of the fire.

~Gary Paulsen

Topics: About Around Back Been Bloody Dance Dogs Fire Horses Hunt Intellectual Like Make Out Play Poker Professional Put Ride Ride Horses Romantic Run Sail Say Skins Still Stories Stuff Tell Teller Through Want

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I have a pickup truck. And I prefer to be with dogs or on my sailboat than in a car - actually, more than any other place on Earth.

~Gary Paulsen

Topics: Actually Any Any Other Place Car Dogs Earth More Other Pickup Place Prefer Than Truck

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In our family, we've always been owned by border collies, or dogs of one kind or another, and have rescued many dogs. We've lived in the woods and sometimes have had as many as 70 sled dogs. Or had six or seven dogs living in the house. Dogs have saved my life on more than one occasion - and I mean that literally.

~Gary Paulsen

Topics: Always Another Been Border Dogs Family Had House Kind Life Literally Lived Living Many Mean More My Life Occasion Our Owned Rescued Saved Seven Six Sometimes Than Woods

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Humans are the big thing that cause damage in life - in war or whatever - and if I can get away from that and into a wilderness situation, I'm OK. You can more or less live on your own merit.

~Gary Paulsen

Topics: Away Big Big Thing Cause Damage Get Humans Less Life Live Merit More More Or Less Ok Own Situation Thing War Whatever Wilderness You Your I Can

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I ran the Iditarod twice. I finished once. I came in 42nd or 43rd place out of 70 plus teams the first time, and I scratched 80 miles from Nome the second time. You can read about my experience in the race in my books 'Woodsong' and 'Winterdance.'

~Gary Paulsen

Topics: About Books Came Experience Finished First First Time Miles Once Out Place Plus Race Ran Read Scratched Second Teams Time Twice You I Came

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My parents were brutal to each other, so I slept in the basement by an old coal-fired furnace. I became a street kid. Occasionally, I'd live with aunts or uncles, then I'd run away to live in the woods, trapping and hunting game to survive. The wilderness pulled at me; still does.

~Gary Paulsen

Topics: Aunts Away Basement Became Brutal Does Each Furnace Game Hunting Kid Live Me Occasionally Old Other Parents Pulled Run Slept Still Street Survive Then To Survive Uncles Were Wilderness Woods

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School didn't work for me. I hated it.

~Gary Paulsen

Topics: Hated Me School Work

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I sail, run dogs, ride horses, play professional poker and tell stories about the stuff I've been through. And I'm still a romantic; I still want Bambi to make it out of the fire.

~Gary Paulsen

Topics: About Been Dogs Fire Horses Make Out Play Poker Professional Ride Ride Horses Romantic Run Sail Still Stories Stuff Tell Through Want

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Adults are locked into car payments and divorces and work. They haven't got time to think fresh.

~Gary Paulsen

Topics: Adult Car Divorces Fresh Got Locked Payments Think Time Work

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Writer

Born: May 17th, 1939

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