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When the biggest, richest, glassiest buildings in town are the banks, you know that town's in trouble.

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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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Our “neoconservatives” are neither new nor conservative, but old as Babylon and evil as Hell.
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