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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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Where all pretend to be thinking alike, it's likely that no one is thinking at all.
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It is not an easy thing to inflate a dog.
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Without courage, all other virtues are useless.
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Trout fishing. One must be a stickler for proper form. Use nothing but #4 blasting caps, or a hand grenade, if handy, or at a pool well-lined with stone, one blast from a .44 magnum will bring a few stunned brookies quietly to the surface.
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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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All governments require enemy governments.
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I am happy to be a regional writer. My region is the American West, old Mexico, West Virginia, New York, Europe, Australia, the human heart, and the male groin.
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If you feel that you must suffer, then plan your suffering carefully -- as you choose your dreams, as you conceive your ancestors.
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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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Motherhood is an essential, difficult, and full-time job. Women who do not wish to be mothers should not have babies.
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Chastity is more a state of mind than of anatomy.
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A man's duty? To be ready -- with rifle or rood -- to defend his home when the showdown comes.
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In order to write a book, it is necessary to sit down (or stand up) and write. Therein lies the difficulty.
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Life is hard? True - but let's love it anyhow, though it breaks every bone in our bodies.
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There is beauty, heartbreaking beauty, everywhere.
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Grown men do not need leaders.
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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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Nearly all of Latin America, from Chile to Mexico, is one long rack of torture. Financed, equipped, and refined by the U.S. government.
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In the dog-eat-dog economy, the Doberman is boss.
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The industrial corporation is the natural enemy of nature.
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