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The developers and entrepreneurs must somehow be taught a new vocabulary of values.

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Edward Abbey
Age: 62 †
Born: 1927
Born: January 29
Died: 1989
Died: March 14
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Edward Paul Abbey
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I love America because it is a confused, chaotic mess - and I hope we can keep it this way for at least another thousand years. The permissive society is the free society.
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The ready availability of suicide, like sex and alcohol, is one of life's basic consolations.
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