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Will Ferguson Biography

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“There are no roads in British Columbia. There are only corners joined together. And nowhere is this truer than in Vancouver. In this city, pedestrians, even those within clearly marked crosswalks -- especially those within clearly marked crosswalks -- are viewed not as nuisances to be avoided but as obstacles to be overcome. Rising to the challenge, Vancouver drivers will attempt to weave through these pedestrians without knocking any over -- and, here's the fun part, without ever applying the brakes. Swoosh, swoosh: downtown slalom. Pedestrians, in turn, try to keep things interesting by crisscrossing the streets at random, like neutrons in a particle accelerator. They cross the street like this because, being from Vancouver, they naturally have a sense of entitlement. Either that or they're stoned.”

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“Sei ancora in tempo: qualche domanda?" mi chiese, un po' per scherzo. "Che so, gli antichi segreti giapponesi, cose del genere. Quello che vuoi." "Sì, a dire il vero una cosa ci sarebbe, una cosa che avrei sempre voluto chiedere. Dentro di loro, nel profondo, sotto la scorza esterna, i giapponesi sono arroganti o insicuri? Voglio dire, nel loro intimo". Alzò le spalle. "Be', insicuri,chiaramente." "Ecco, lo vedi?" "Cosa?" "Il modo in cui l'hai detto, quel chiaramente: era molto arrogante." "Davvero? Be', mi spiace. Non volevo." "Ora invece sembri insicuro." Si mise a ridere. "Lo humour americano" osservò, ma io non stavo scherzando affatto.”

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Book:Hokkaido Highway Blues: Hitchhiking Japan
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“Human nature, at its best, had always been based on a deep heroic restlessness, on wanting something-something else, something more, whether it be true love or a glimpse just beyond the horizon. It was the promise of happiness, not the attainment of it, that had driven the entire engine, the folly and glory of who we are.”

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“Many Canadian nationalists harbour the bizarre fear that should we ever reject royalty, we would instantly mutate into Americans, as though the Canadian sense of self is so frail and delicate a bud, that the only thing stopping it from being swallowed whole by the US is an English lady in a funny hat.”

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