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Where all think alike there is little danger of innovation.

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Edward Abbey
Age: 62 †
Born: 1927
Born: January 29
Died: 1989
Died: March 14
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Environmentalist
Essayist
Novelist
Philosopher
Screenwriter
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Edward Paul Abbey
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Anywhere, anytime, I'd sacrifice the finest nuance for a laugh, the most elegant trope for a smile.
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The most striking thing about the rich is the gracious democracy of their manners -- and the crude vulgarity of their way of life.
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It's all still there in heart and soul. The walk, the hills, the sky, the solitary pain and pleasure-they will grow larger, sweeter, lovelier in the days and years to come.
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Recorded history is largely an account of the crimes and disasters committed by banal little men at the levers of imperial machines.
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Truth is always the enemy of power. And power the enemy of truth.
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Charity should be spontaneous. Calculated altruism is an affront.
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The most common form of terrorism in the U.S.A. is that carried on by bulldozers and chain saws.
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The best thing about graduating from the university was that I finally had time to sit on a log and read a good book.
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I would not sacrifice a single living mesquite tree for any book ever written. One square mile of living desert is worth a hundred 'great books' - and one brave deed is worth a thousand.
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An empty man is full of himself.
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Everyone should learn a manual trade: It's never too late to become an honest person.
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I have been a lucky man. But someone has to be.
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Somewhere in the depths of solitude, beyond wilderness and freedom, lay the trap of madness.
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A society that feels itself too poor to afford the preservation of wilderness is not worthy of the name civilization.
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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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Of all bores, the worst is the sparkling bore.
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Be loyal to what you love, be true to the earth, fight your enemies with passion and laughter.
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Nature is indifferent to our love, but never unfaithful.
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