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The more fantastic an ideology or theology, the more fanatic its adherents.

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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
Writer
Edward Paul Abbey
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Baseball is a slow, sluggish game, with frequent and trivial interruptions, offering the spectator many opportunities to reflect at leisure upon the situation on the field: This is what a fan loves most about the game
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To be alive is to take risks to be always safe and secure is death.
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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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I am hopeful, though not full of hope, and the only reason I don't believe in happy endings is because I don't believe in endings.
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A leader leads from in front, by the power of example. A ruler pushes from behind, by means of the club, the whip, the power of fear.
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There is no force more potent in the modern world than stupidity fueled by greed.
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Government: If you refuse to pay unjust taxes, your property will be confiscated. If you attempt to defend your property, you will be arrested. If you resist arrest, you will be clubbed. If you defend yourself against clubbing, you will be shot dead. These procedures are known as the Rule of Law.
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Reincarnation? There is such a thing. What could be more Mozartian than the Nutcracker Suite?
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Critics are like ticks on a dog or tits on a motor: ornamental but dysfunctional.
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Walking takes longer... than any other known form of locomotion except crawling. Thus it stretches time and prolongs life. Life is already too short to waste on speed.
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Life is too short for grief. Or regret. Or bullshit.
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Of all bores, the worst is the sparkling bore.
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Home is where, when you have to go there, you probably shouldn't.
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Whatever we cannot easily understand we call God this saves much wear and tear on the brain tissues.
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To be everywhere at once is to be nowhere forever, if you ask me.
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It is an author's most solemn obligation to honor truth. If the free and independent writer does not speak truth to power, who will?
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Chastity is more a state of mind than of anatomy.
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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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I have found through trial and error that I work best under duress. In fact I work only under duress.
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