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The night I filled an inside straight: Even a blind hog's gonna root up an acorn once in a while.

Edward Abbey

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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
Night
Hog
Even
Root
Straight
Roots
Gonna
Blind
Filled
Acorn
Inside
Acorns

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England has never enjoyed a genuine social revolution. Maybe that's what's wrong with that dear, tepid, vapid, insipid, stuffy, little country.
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