Edward Abbey Quotes
Whatever we cannot easily understand we call God; this saves much wear and tear on the brain tissues.
Quotes to Explore
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Yes, I can speak a bit and I can read and write in Russian. I learned it from my grandmother who raised me with all the Russian fairytales.
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Almost all our suffering is the product of our thoughts. We spend nearly every moment of our lives lost in thought, and hostage to the character of those thoughts. You can break this spell, but it takes training just like it takes training to defend yourself against a physical assault.
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During the fall and winter we built Fort Meade and the town of Sturgis.
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I don't want to say anything because I know I am unable to protect you from the harm that I see.
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My job isn't to preach to people, it's to entertain them. I like letting the characters speak for themselves.
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I don't usually wear a lot of makeup because I tend to like a natural look.
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People who attack others need rationalizations for doing so. We undermine those rationalizations.
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I haven't been to a movie since somebody gave me free tickets to Star Wars, which I went to.
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I've got to confess I'm a pragmatic optimist myself.
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War is the domain of physical exertion and suffering.
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We are called to be architects of the future, not its victims.
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Virtue has its own reward, but no sale at the box office.
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Cultures are never merely intellectual constructs. They take form through the collective intelligence and memory, through a commonly held psychology and emotions, through spiritual and artistic communion.
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In my humble opinion, change is stupid.
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I wouldn't want to write a biography of anyone. I'd feel too inhibited by the facts and too much pressure to do the subject's life justice.
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Even if I flop, I still qualified for the Games, and that was my goal. My target was to be at an Olympics for the third time with people I like.
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I have used Proactiv, and I use X Out, and they are the only things that work for me.
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I appreciate the fact, and am proud of it, that the attentions I am receiving are intended more for our country than for me personally.
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I have been around for a long, long time. I didn't make it 'til I was older. I went through the period when women were not getting signed, particularly if you were writing songs that were lyrically propelled.
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We have no right to come before God at all, apart from the finished work of Christ.
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I felt like it was time to set up my future, so I set a goal. My goal was independence.
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Mom was all about hellfire and brimstone. Her Old Testament God was a colossal, ancient brute, a maelstrom of blood and fire, of appetite and wrath.
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Love thy neighbor as thyself: Do not do to others what thou wouldst not wish be done to thyself: Forgive injuries. Forgive thy enemy, be reconciled to him, give him assistance, invoke God in his behalf.
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Whatever we cannot easily understand we call God; this saves much wear and tear on the brain tissues.
