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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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Edward Abbey
Age: 62 †
Born: 1927
Born: January 29
Died: 1989
Died: March 14
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Environmentalist
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Edward Paul Abbey
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Baseball serves as a good model for democracy in action: Every player is equally important and each has a chance to be a hero.
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The New Age orgy: The flesh was willing but the spirit's weak.
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I always wanted to be a cowboy. But alas! I was burdened early with certain inescapable obligations to world literature.
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Concrete is heavy iron is hard - but the grass will prevail.
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