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The nuclear bomb took all the fun out of war.

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Edward Abbey
Age: 62 †
Born: 1927
Born: January 29
Died: 1989
Died: March 14
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Environmentalist
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Novelist
Philosopher
Screenwriter
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Edward Paul Abbey
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Government should be weak, amateurish and ridiculous. At present, it fulfills only a third of the role.
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Writing on the wall: Will trade three blind crabs for two with no teeth.
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King Arthur and his armored goons of the Round Table functioned as the Politburo of a slave state: Camelot. Of all who have written on the Matter of Arthur, from Malory to White, only Mark Twain understood this. But Mark Twain was a great writer.
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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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No man is wise enough to be another man's master. Each man's as good as the next -- if not a damn sight better.
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What draws us into the desert is the search for something intimate in the remote.
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Desert springtime, with flowers popping up all over the place, trees leafing out, streams gushing down from the mountains. Great time of year for hiking, camping, exploring, sleeping under the new moon and the old stars. At dawn and at evening we hear the coyotes howling with excitement—mating season.
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When the philosopher's argument becomes tedious, complicated, and opaque, it is usually a sign that he is attempting to prove as true to the intellect what is plainly false to common sense.
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The artist's job? To be a miracle worker: make the blind see, the dull feel, the dead to live.
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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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The earth, like the sun, like the air, belongs to everyone - and to no one.
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The feminists have a legitimate grievance. But so does everyone else.
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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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Guns don't kill people people kill people. Of course, people with guns kill more people. But that's only natural. It's hard. But it's fair.
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