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The hawk's cry is as sharp as its beak.

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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
Writer
Edward Paul Abbey
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Capitalism: Nothing so mean could be right. Greed is the ugliest of the capital sins.
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What draws us into the desert is the search for something intimate in the remote.
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Appearance versus reality? Appearance is reality, God damn it!
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Liberty cannot be guaranteed by law. Nor by any thing else except the resolution of free citizens to defend their liberties.
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When I hear the word 'culture', I reach for my checkbook.
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Grand opera is a form of musical entertainment for people who hate music.
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Our “neoconservatives” are neither new nor conservative, but old as Babylon and evil as Hell.
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Do not burn yourselves out. Be as I am - a reluctant enthusiast... a part-time crusader, a half-hearted fanatic. Save the other half of yourselves and your lives for pleasure and adventure.
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Government should be weak, amateurish and ridiculous. At present, it fulfills only a third of the role.
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Walking takes longer... than any other known form of locomotion except crawling. Thus it stretches time and prolongs life. Life is already too short to waste on speed.
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It is not the writer's task to answer questions but to question answers. To be impertinent, insolent, and, if necessary, subversive.
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Poetry -- even bad poetry -- may be our final hope.
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A good philosopher is one who does not take ideas seriously.
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Let us praise the noble turkey vulture: No one envies him he harms nobody and he contemplates our little world from a most serene and noble height.
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