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Of all bores, the worst is the sparkling bore.

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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
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Edward Paul Abbey
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Power is always dangerous. Power attracts the worst and corrupts the best.
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The sneakiest form of literary subtlety, in a corrupt society, is to speak the plain truth. The critics will not understand you the public will not believe you your fellow writers will shake their heads. Laughter, praise, honors, money, and the love of beautiful girls will be your only reward.
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We know so very little about this strange planet we live on, this haunted world where all answers lead only to more mystery.
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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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Wealth should come like manna from heaven, unearned and uncalled for. Money should be like grace -- a gift. It is not worth sweating and scheming for.
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You can't study the darkness by flooding it with light.
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Hierarchical institutions are like giant bulldozers -- obedient to the whim of any fool who takes the controls.
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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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Abolition of a woman's right to abortion, when and if she wants it, amounts to compulsory maternity: a form of rape by the State.
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In marriage, the occasional catastrophic crisis is easier to manage than the daily routine.
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For women, the sexual act is a means to a higher end. For a man, it is an end in itself.
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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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The author: an imaginary person who writes real books.
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There comes a time in the life of us all when we must lay aside our books or put down our tools and leave our place of work and walk forth on the road to meet the enemy face-to-face. Once and for all and at last
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God bless America. Let's try to save some of it.
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