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> [“Perhaps swimming was dancing in the water, he thought. To swim under lily pads seeing their green slender stalks wavering as you passed, to swim under upraised logs past schools of sunfish and bluegills, to swim through reed beds past…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-harrison/perhaps-swimming-was-dancing-in-the-water-he-thought-to-swim-under/)

[Jim Harrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-harrison/)

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> [I thought I could, and thought I would, swim a lot quicker - much quicker.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-thorpe/i-thought-i-could-and-thought-i-would-swim-a-lot-quicker-much-quicker/)

[Ian Thorpe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-thorpe/)

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