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Great art is never perfect perfect art is never great.

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Edward Abbey
Age: 62 †
Born: 1927
Born: January 29
Died: 1989
Died: March 14
Author
Environmentalist
Essayist
Novelist
Philosopher
Screenwriter
Writer
Edward Paul Abbey
Art
Great
Never
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Music begins where words leave off. Music expresses the inexpressible. If there is a Kingdom of Heaven, it lies in music.
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I would prefer to write about everything what else is there? But one must be selective.
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The earth, like the sun, like the air, belongs to everyone - and to no one.
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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 more fantastic an ideology or theology, the more fanatic its adherents.
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In marriage, the occasional catastrophic crisis is easier to manage than the daily routine.
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Trout fishing. One must be a stickler for proper form. Use nothing but #4 blasting caps, or a hand grenade, if handy, or at a pool well-lined with stone, one blast from a .44 magnum will bring a few stunned brookies quietly to the surface.
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As war and government prove, insanity is the most contagious of diseases.
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The best people, like the best wines, come from the hills.
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Life: another day, another dolor.
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My own best books have not been published. In fact, they've not even been written yet.
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A crude meal, no doubt, but the best of all sauces is hunger.
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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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Balance, that's the secret. Moderate extremism. The best of both worlds.
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I must confess that I know nothing whatsoever about true underlying reality, never having met any.
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The purpose of love, sex, and marriage is the production and raising of children. But look about you: Most people have no business having children. They are unqualified, either genetically or culturally or both, to reproduce such sorry specimens as themselves. Of all our privileges, the license to breed is the one most grossly abused.
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The tragic sense of life: our heroic acceptance of the suffering of others.
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In America, as elsewhere, the general irritability level keeps rising.
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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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All forms of government are pernicious, including good government.
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