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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
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Edward Paul Abbey
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In America, as elsewhere, the general irritability level keeps rising.
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Why can't we simply borrow what is useful to us from Buddhism, Hinduism, Taoism, especially Zen, as we borrow from Christianity, science, American Indian traditions and world literature in general, including philosophy, and let the rest go hang? Borrow what we need but rely principally upon our own senses, common sense and daily living experience.
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What did Jesus say to the headwaiter at the Last Supper? 'Separate checks, please.'
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Mozart, striving for perfection, wrote the same symphony forty-one times. In his case, it worked. He wrote a perfect symphony.
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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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Everyone should learn a manual trade: It's never too late to become an honest person.
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A rancher is a farmer who farms the public lands with a herd of four-legged lawn mowers.
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Why administrators are respected and schoolteachers are not: An administrator is paid a lot for doing very little, while a teacher is paid very little for doing a lot.
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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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Once upon a time, I dreamed of becoming a great man. Later, a good man. Now, finally, I find it difficult enough and honor enough to be -- a man.
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The rich can buy everything but health, virtue, friendship, wit, good looks, love, pride, intelligence, grace, and, if you need it, happiness.
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I intend to be good for the rest of my natural life -- if I live that long.
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Death is every man's final critic. To die well you must live bravely.
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Heaven is home. Utopia is here. Nirvana is now.
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Each thing in its way, when true to its own character, is equally beautiful. (p 41)
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The gurus come from the sickliest nation on earth to tell us how to live. And we pay them for it.
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