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Power is always dangerous. Power attracts the worst and corrupts the best.

Edward Abbey

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Edward Abbey
Age: 62 †
Born: 1927
Born: January 29
Died: 1989
Died: March 14
Author
Environmentalist
Essayist
Novelist
Philosopher
Screenwriter
Writer
Edward Paul Abbey
Attracts
Heresy
Anarchy
Dangerous
Worst
Power
Best
Always
Corrupts

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Come with me, the river said, close your eyes and quiet your limbs and float with me into the wonder and mystery of the canyons, see the unknown and the little known, look upon the stone gods face to face, see Medusa, drink my waters, hear my song, feel my power, come along and drift with me toward the distant, ultimate and legendary sea.
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Mexico: where life is cheap, death is rich, and the buzzards are never unhappy.
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But of the seven deadly sins, wrath is the healthiest - next only to lust.
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It is not enough to understand the natural world the point is to defend and preserve it.
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Where all pretend to be thinking alike, it's likely that no one is thinking at all.
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A good book is a kind of paper club, serving to rouse the slumbrous and to silence the obtuse.
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Do not burn yourselves out. Be as I am - a reluctant enthusiast... a part-time crusader, a half-hearted fanatic. Save the other half of yourselves and your lives for pleasure and adventure.
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Those who fear death most are those who enjoy life least.
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I have found through trial and error that I work best under duress. In fact I work only under duress.
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Longevity, like intelligence and good looks and health and strength of character, is largely a matter of genetic heritage. Choose your parents with care.
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Running the big rapids is like sex: half the fun lies in the anticipation. Two thirds of the thrill with the approach. The remainder is only ecstasy-or darkness.
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I once sat on the rim of a mesa above the Rio Grande for three days and nights, trying to have a vision. I got hungry and saw God in the form of a beef pie.
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Despair leads to boredom, electronic games, computer hacking, poetry and other bad habits.
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Beware of your wishes: They will probably come true.
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The great question of life is not the question of death but the question of life. Fear of death shames us all.
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A life without tragedy would not be worth living.
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Anarchism? You bet your sweet betsy. The only cure for the ills of democracy is more democracy. Much more.
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If a man’s imagination were not so weak, so easily tired, if his capacity for wonder not so limited, he would abandon forever such fantasies of the supernal. He would learn to perceive in water, leaves and silence more than sufficient of the absolute and marvelous, more than enough to console him for the loss of the ancient dream.
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