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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Together, we can build a stronger, more innovative New Hampshire, where our businesses can grow, flourish, and create good jobs for our people.
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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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Now, we occupy a lowly position, both in space and rank in comparison with the heavenly sphere, and the Almighty is Most High not in space, but with respect to absolute existence, greatness and power.
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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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Before every show, we get into a circle, hold hands, and someone makes a speech. Most bands are too cool for that.
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Films are wonderful but they do fix an identity. I can't read 'Pride and Prejudice' anymore, for instance, without imaging Colin Firth as Mr. Darcy.
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I shall go the way of the open sea, To the lands I knew before you came, And the cool ocean breezes shall blow from me The memory of your name.
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God pity the man of science who believes in nothing but what he can prove by scientific methods; for if ever a human being needed divine pity, he does.
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If you are proposing to commit a sin it is as well to commit it with intelligence. Otherwise you are insulting God as well as defying Him, don't you think?
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Whatever we cannot easily understand we call God; this saves much wear and tear on the brain tissues.
