Edward Abbey Quotes
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A book is never a masterpiece: it becomes one. Genius is the talent of a dead man.
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I think my message goes out to the entire spectrum of political parties. I'm supported by the Tea Party, the Conservative Party and the Republican Party. I come from a Democratic world. My world is moderate Democrats, Reagan-type Democrats if you want, the blues or whatever you call them, the Blue Dogs. That's been my world, historically.
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I was with the Jessie Bonstelle Stock Company in Detroit and Buffalo for three seasons - 10 performances and a new play every week. She was an amazing woman who did a great deal for me.
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I've turned into one of those people who go jogging in parks that I used to hate.
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Futurists wanted to suggest movement by means of a dynamic painting; Duchamp applies the notion of delay - or, rather, or analysis - to movement.
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Leonard Cohen has a way with words and with humor that remind me to lighten up, which I appreciate very much.
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I'd have loved to have appeared in 'Absolutely Fabulous' - that's one of my favourite shows.
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A few can touch the magic string, and noisy fame is proud to win them: Alas for those that never sing, but die with all their music in them!
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Everyone wants me to be perfect, but I am so far from perfect!
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'Girl, Interrupted' is one of my favorite movies.
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You make your mistakes to learn how to get to the good stuff.
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I haven't sold to the movies. In other words, I haven't gotten any enormous checks yet.
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What's the most important thing in the world? It's love, and I look at that as an energy, not a sentiment.
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One of the satisfactions of a genius is his will-power and obstinacy.
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It's important to be active in the causes that are important to you... That's how we make changes in this world.
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I see it every day: People trying to create a home that somebody else tells them they should have. I don't care if it's a magazine or a bossy friend - when somebody says, 'This is what's elegant, this is what's trendy,' if it doesn't represent you, you're not going to be happy.
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Everybody told me that if I insisted on doing rockabilly music, I'd never have a chance of selling any records. In fact, I lost count of how many people told me to ditch it all together, in favour, I guess, of sounding like everybody else.
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We cannot say no to what has already been approved by the citizens.
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I have a personal little routine that I do in my dressing room just to kind of get myself mentally prepared to go on stage, and part of that is a poem that I read to myself.
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I understand that computers, which I once believed to be but a hermaphrodite typewriter-cum-filing cabinet, offer the cyber literate increased ability to communicate. I do not think this is altogether a bad thing, however it may appear on the surface.
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I don't really worry or waste my energy on where I rank and this and that. I know where I'm at.
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In a democracy, we have always had to worry about the ignorance of the uneducated. Today we have to worry about the ignorance of people with college degrees.
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I've avoided the press and a lot of stuff that would have made me more visible just because it's not my style.
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When the situation is hopeless, there's nothing to worry about.
