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Nothing could be more reckless than to base one's moral philosophy on the latest pronouncements of science.

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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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There has never been a day in my life when I was not in love.
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Do I believe in ghosts? I believe in the ghosts that haunt the human mind.
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A world without open country would be universal jail.
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We need the possibility of escape as surely as we need hope.
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God bless America. Let's try to save some of it.
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What our economists call a depressed area almost always turns out to be a cleaner, freer, more livable place than most.
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Everyone should learn a manual trade: It's never too late to become an honest person.
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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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Of course I litter the public highway. Every chance I get. After all, it's not the beer cans that are ugly it's the highway that is ugly.
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Life is too tragic for sadness: Let us rejoice.
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Simplicity is always a virtue.
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A man's duty? To be ready -- with rifle or rood -- to defend his home when the showdown comes.
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In marriage, the occasional catastrophic crisis is easier to manage than the daily routine.
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