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New Yorkers like to boast that if you can survive in New York, you can survive anywhere. But if you can survive anywhere, why live in New York?

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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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The love of wilderness is more than a hunger for what is always beyong reach it is also an expression of loyalty to the earth, the earth which bore us and sustains us, the only paradise we shall ever know, the only paradise we ever need, if only we had the eyes to see.
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The desert wears... a veil of mystery. Motionless and silent it evokes in us an elusive hint of something unknown, unknowable, about to be revealed. Since the desert does not act it seems to be waiting -- but waiting for what?
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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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One of the pleasant things about small town life is that everyone, whether rich or poor, liked or disliked, has some kind of a role and place in the community. I never felt that living in a city - as I once did for a couple of years.
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Girls, like flowers, bloom but once. But once is enough.
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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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God bless America. Let's try to save some of it.
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The sexual revolution transformed the American West: Now even cowboys can get laid.
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Girls: I never wanted them all. Just all the ones I wanted.
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When the situation is hopeless, there's nothing to worry about.
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A true libertarian supports free enterprise, opposes big business supports local self-government, opposes the nation-state supports the National Rifle Association, opposes the Pentagon.
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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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Love flowers best in openness and freedom.
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A woman, as much as a man, is responsible by the age of forty for the character of her face. But women, obeying the biological imperative, strive harder to preserve a youthful appearance (the reproductive look) and lose it sooner.
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There has never been a day in my life when I was not in love.
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Scientific method: There's a madness in the method.
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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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For this world that men have made, none of us is bad enough. For the world that made us, none is good enough.
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All governments need enemies. How else to justify their existence?
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