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I believe that there is a kind of poetry, even a kind of truth, in simple fact.

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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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Cold morning on Aztec Peak Fire Lookout. First, build fire in old stove. Second, start coffee. Then, heat up last night's pork chops and spinach for breakfast. Why not? And why the hell not?
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The author: an imaginary person who writes real books.
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Grand opera is a form of musical entertainment for people who hate music.
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It may be true that there are no atheists in foxholes. But you don't find many Christians there, either. Or, about as many of one as the other.
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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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The most common form of terrorism in the U.S.A. is that carried on by bulldozers and chain saws.
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All power rests on hierarchy: An army is nothing but a well-organized lynch mob.
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Proust again: One can only wish that a man with such powers of total recall had led a less tedious life, moved among somewhat livelier circles.
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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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Charity should be spontaneous. Calculated altruism is an affront.
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Longevity, like intelligence and good looks and health and strength of character, is largely a matter of genetic heritage. Choose your parents with care.
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A drink a day keeps the shrink away.
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I would not sacrifice a single living mesquite tree for any book ever written. One square mile of living desert is worth a hundred 'great books' - and one brave deed is worth a thousand.
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I’m tired of doing what I don’t want to do to live the way I don’t want to live.
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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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Desire, said the Buddha, is the cause of suffering. But without desire, what delight?
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Music is a savage art, a measured madness.
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Saving the world is only a hobby. Most of the time I do nothing.
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Any hack can safely rail away at foreign powers beyond the sea but a good writer is a critic of the society he lives in.
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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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