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Howell Raines Biography

Journalist

Howell Raines, born on February 5, 1943, is an accomplished American journalist known for his insightful reporting and significant contributions to the field of journalism.

Want Persons Long I Can Able Sea Rivers Fishes Silly Boat Lakes Fishing I Have Learned Silly Things

Author:Howell Raines

“Fly fishing is the most beautiful way of trying to catch a fish; not the most efficient, just as ballet is the most beautiful way of moving the body between between two points, not the most direct. Fly fishing is to fishing as ballet is to walking.”

Way Trying Two Body Beautiful Moving Sea Walking Rivers Direct Fishes Boat Lakes Fishing Ballet Efficient Fly Fishing

Author:Howell Raines

“Fish in the water represent pure potential. If the water is not clear, we do not know if they exist at all. To get them to bite something connected to a line and pull them into our world is managing a birth that brings these creatures from the realm of mysytery into the world of reality. It is a kind of creation.”

Ifs Knows World Kind Reality Water Lines Clear Sea Creation Birth Pure Creatures Rivers Fishes Connected Boat Realms Lakes Fishing Our World Bites

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“When I am home alone I like to scatter my tackle across the floor and play with it. I may pretend I am working on it, performing preventative maintenance, but really it is playing.”

May Play Home Performing Me Alone Maintenance

Book:Fly Fishing Through the Midlife Crisis

Source: Fly Fishing Through the Midlife Crisis

“Anything is possible in the life of a man if he lives long enough. Even maturity.”

Ifs Men Long Enough Maturity Long Life Anything Is Possible

Book:Fly Fishing Through the Midlife Crisis

Source: Fly Fishing Through the Midlife Crisis

“And believe me, to have been in the city of Tuscaloosa in October when you were young and full of Early Times and had a shining Alabama girl by your side--to have had all that and then to have seen those red shirts pour onto the field, and, then, coming behind them, with that inexorable big cat walk of his, the man himself, The Bear--that was very good indeed.”

“Something is clearly wrong with Kansas and the rest of Middle America when it comes to letting economic self-interest guide their voting.”

Self America Interest Economic Middle Guides Voting Self Interest Kansas Middle America

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“It's a lovely tribute and fun to read.”

Fun Lovely Tribute

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“All genius is simple. It involves close observation and a momentous act of self trust.”

Mind Self Simple Genius Observation Own Business Mind Your Own Business Self Trust

Author:Howell Raines

“I stepped on a land mine named Jayson Blair.”

Land Mines Blair

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“Frankly, no newspaper is set up to monitor for cheats and fabricators.”

Newspapers Cheating Cheat

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“For me, fishing and journalism touched the same places in my head. In comparison with that of poets, the fly fishers' and the journalists' experiences are probably pale flavors, but they carry nonetheless a hint of ambrosia.”

Poet Fishes Journalism Journalist Touched Comparison Fishing Pale Flavor Hints Ambrosia

Book:The One that Got Away: A Memoir

Source: The One that Got Away: A Memoir

About the Author

Born: February 5, 1943
Known for: Journalist
Quotes: 12

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Fly Fishing Through the Midlife CrisisRelated source material

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