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The gurus come from the sickliest nation on earth to tell us how to live. And we pay them for it.

Edward Abbey

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Edward Abbey
Age: 62 †
Born: 1927
Born: January 29
Died: 1989
Died: March 14
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Edward Paul Abbey
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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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Salome had but seven veils the artist has a thousand.
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We judge individual man and women as we do nations and races -- by the character of their achievement and by their achievement of character.
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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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One man alone can be pretty dumb sometimes, but for real bona fide stupidity, there ain't nothing can beat teamwork.
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Balance, that's the secret. Moderate extremism. The best of both worlds.
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Our big social institutions do not reflect human nature they distort it.
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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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Charity should be spontaneous. Calculated altruism is an affront.
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There is no force more potent in the modern world than stupidity fueled by greed.
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For myself I hold no preferences among flowers, so long as they are wild, free, spontaneous. Bricks to all greenhouses! Black thumb and cutworm to the potted plant!
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Little boys love machines girls adore horses grown-up men and women like to walk.
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Belief? What do I believe in? I believe in sun. In rock. In the dogma of the sun and the doctrine of the rock. I believe in blood, fire, woman, rivers, eagles, storm, drums, flutes, banjos, and broom-tailed horses.
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I would prefer to write about everything what else is there? But one must be selective.
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I'd sooner exchange ideas with the birds on earth than learn to carry on intergalactic communications with some obscure race of humanoids on a satellite planet from the world of Betelgeuse.
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If wilderness is outlawed, only outlaws can save wilderness.
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The night I filled an inside straight: Even a blind hog's gonna root up an acorn once in a while.
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There are no vacant lots in nature.
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When the biggest, richest, glassiest buildings in town are the banks, you know that town's in trouble.
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