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If you feel that you're not re...

If you feel that you're not ready to die, never fear; nature will give you complete and adequate assistance when the time comes.

Edward Paul Abbey 702 quotes

I was once invited to take par...

I was once invited to take part in a heroic, possibly fatal enterprise, but I declined, mainly on account of sloth.

Edward Paul Abbey 702 quotes

By the age of eighteen, a huma...

By the age of eighteen, a human has acquired enough joy and heartache to provide the food of reflection for a century.

Edward Paul Abbey 702 quotes

Some lives are tragic, some ri...

Some lives are tragic, some ridiculous. Most are both at once.

Edward Paul Abbey 702 quotes

My Aunt Ida at age eighty-thre...

My Aunt Ida at age eighty-three: 'Yeah,' she said, 'I'll be dead pretty soon. And frankly, I don't give a damn.'

Edward Paul Abbey 702 quotes

Every moment is precious. And ...

Every moment is precious. And precarious.

Edward Paul Abbey 702 quotes

We know this apodictic rock be...

We know this apodictic rock beneath our feet. That dogmatic sun above our heads. The world of dreams, the agony of love and the foresight of death. That is all we know. And all we need to know? Challenge that statement.

Edward Paul Abbey 702 quotes

How can I be so evil? It ain't...

How can I be so evil? It ain't easy.

Edward Paul Abbey 702 quotes

Nobody has so many friends tha...

Nobody has so many friends that he can afford to lose one.

Edward Paul Abbey 702 quotes

No man likes to be smoked out ...

No man likes to be smoked out of his hole in February.

Edward Paul Abbey 702 quotes

The great question of life is ...

The great question of life is not the question of death but the question of life. Fear of death shames us all.

Edward Paul Abbey 702 quotes

One must be reasonable in one'...

One must be reasonable in one's demands on life. For myself, all that I ask is: (1) accurate information; (2) coherent knowledge; (3) deep understanding; (4) infinite loving wisdom; (5) no more kidney stones, please.

Edward Paul Abbey 702 quotes

I would give ten years off the...

I would give ten years off the beginning of my life to see, only once, Tyrannosaurus rex come rearing up from the elms of Central Park, a Morgan police horse screaming in its jaws. We can never have enough of nature.

Edward Paul Abbey 702 quotes

Those who fear death most are ...

Those who fear death most are those who enjoy life least.

Edward Paul Abbey 702 quotes

The only thing worse than a kn...

The only thing worse than a knee-jerk liberal is a knee- pad conservative....

Edward Paul Abbey 702 quotes

When the situation is desperat...

When the situation is desperate, it is too late to be serious. Be playful.

Edward Paul Abbey 702 quotes

One day in Dipstick, Nebraska,...

One day in Dipstick, Nebraska, or Landfill, Oklahoma, is worth more to me than an eternity in Dante's plastic Paradiso, or Yeats's gold-plated Byzantium.

Edward Paul Abbey 702 quotes

To the intelligent man or woma...

To the intelligent man or woman, life appears infinitely mysterious. But the stupid have an answer for every question.

Edward Paul Abbey 702 quotes

There is a wine called Easy Da...

There is a wine called Easy Days and Mellow Nights, well-known on the outskirts of the Navajo reservation. It is an economical wine, fortified with the best of intentions, and I recommend it to every serious wino.

Edward Paul Abbey 702 quotes

Let us praise the noble turkey...

Let us praise the noble turkey vulture: No one envies him; he harms nobody; and he contemplates our little world from a most serene and noble height.

Edward Paul Abbey 702 quotes

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Советских актёров часто ставят в пример как образец духовной силы, национальной гордости и внутренней красоты. Они стали символами эпохи, носителями культуры и нравственности. Но, как известно, за кул...

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Расскажем, как сложилась судьба актеров, которые начинали сниматься еще в детстве.
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Два года назад отечественное телевидение столкнулось с беспрецедентной кадровой тектоникой — целая группа ярких и узнаваемых ведущих стремительно исчезла с экранов федеральных каналов. Эти лица долгие...

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Кира Найтли на страницах журнала к выходу фильма «Пиджак», 2005. Следы динозавра, раскопанные в русле реки Палакси. Техас. США. 1952г. Самая большая женщина рядом с самым маленьким мужчиной, 1922 год....