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In social affairs, I'm an optimist. I really do believe that our military- industrial civilization will soon collapse.

Edward Abbey

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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
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Edward Paul Abbey
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It is not death or dying that is tragic, but rather to have existed without fully participating in life- that is the deepest personal tragedy.
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I would never betray a friend to serve a cause. Never reject a friend to help an institution. Great nations may fall in ruin before I would sell a friend to save them.
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I'm a fastidious sort of fellow, fond of watermelon and buckbrush nuts.
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Are people more important than the grizzly bear? Only from the point of view of some people.
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It is true that some of my fiction was based on actual events. But the events took place after the fiction was written.
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Home is where, when you have to go there, you probably shouldn't.
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Life is hard? True - but let's love it anyhow, though it breaks every bone in our bodies.
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What is the purpose of the giant sequoia tree? The purpose of the giant sequoia tree is to provide shade for the tiny titmouse.
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To be everywhere at once is to be nowhere forever, if you ask me.
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My computer tells me that in twenty-five years there will be no more computers.
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The highest treason, the meanest treason, is to deny the holiness of this little blue planet on which we journey through the cold void of space.
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The developers and entrepreneurs must somehow be taught a new vocabulary of values.
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The ever-rising cost of living: Someday soon, the corporate technicians will be locking meters on our noses and charging us a royalty on the air we breathe.
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The ideal kitchen-sink novel: Throw in everything but the kitchen sink. Then add the kitchen sink.
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When the situation is hopeless, there's nothing to worry about.
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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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All forms of government are pernicious, including good government.
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Guns don't kill people people kill people. Of course, people with guns kill more people. But that's only natural. It's hard. But it's fair.
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