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For women, the sexual act is a means to a higher end. For a man, it is an end in itself.

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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
Men
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Ends
Women
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Anywhere, anytime, I'd sacrifice the finest nuance for a laugh, the most elegant trope for a smile.
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The only thing worse than a knee-jerk liberal is a knee-pad conservative.
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This is the most beautiful place on Earth. There are many such places. Every man, every woman, carries in heart and mind the image of the ideal place, the right place, the one true home, known or unknown, actual or visionary.
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J. Edgar Hoover, J. Bracken Lee, J. Parnell Thomas, J. Paul Getty -- you can always tell a shithead by that initial initial.
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The more fantastic an ideology or theology, the more fanatic its adherents.
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Abolition of a woman's right to abortion, when and if she wants it, amounts to compulsory maternity: a form of rape by the State.
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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 sexual revolution transformed the American West: Now even cowboys can get laid.
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Hierarchical institutions are like giant bulldozers -- obedient to the whim of any fool who takes the controls.
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My own ambition, my deepest and truest ambition, is to find within myself someday, somehow, the ability to do likewise, to do NOTHING - and find it enough.
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Be loyal to what you love, be true to the earth, fight your enemies with passion and laughter.
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Be a half-assed crusader, a part-time fanatic. Don't worry to much about the fate of the world. Saving the world is only a hobby. Get out there and enjoy the world, your girlfriend, your boyfriend, husbands wives climb mountains, run rivers, get drunk, do whatever you want to do while you can, before it's too late.
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The tragic sense of life: our heroic acceptance of the suffering of others.
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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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In the dog-eat-dog economy, the Doberman is boss.
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James Joyce buried himself in his great work. _Finnegan's Wake_ is his monument and his tombstone. A dead end.
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You long for success? Start at the bottom dig down.
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