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John McPhee Quotes: Taking things from one source is plagiarism; taking things from several sources is research.
         

Taking things from one source is plagiarism; taking things from several sources is research.


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If by some fiat I had to restrict all this writing to one sentence, this is the one I would choose: The summit of Mt. Everest is marine limestone.



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With their four-dimensional minds, and in their interdisciplinary ultra verbal way, geologists can wiggle out of almost anything.



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Rocks are records of events that took place at the time they formed. They are books. They have a different vocabulary, a different alphabet, but you learn how to read them.



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In making war with nature, there was risk of loss in winning.



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The doctor listens in with a stethoscope and hears sounds of a warpath Indian drum.



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Writing is a suspension of life in order to re-create life



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I can't stand a sentence until it sounds right.



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Almost all Americans would recognize Anchorage, because Anchorage is that part of any city where the city has burst its seams and extruded Colonel Sanders.



I used to sit in class and listen to the terms come floating down the room like paper airplanes.

I used to sit in class and listen to the terms come floating down the room like paper airplanes.



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