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May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds. ↗

— Edward Abbey

#above #amazing #clouds #crooked #dangerous

The tragedy of modern war is that the young men die fighting each other - instead of their real enemies back home in the capitals. ↗

— Edward Abbey

#capitals #die #each #fighting #home

I think my prose reads as if English were my second language. By the time I get to the end of a paragraph, I'm dodging bullets and gasping for breath. ↗

— Lynn Abbey

#bullets #by the time #dodging #end #english

What is the purpose of the giant sequoia tree? The purpose of the giant sequoia tree is to provide shade for the tiny titmouse. ↗

— Edward Abbey

#provide #purpose #shade #tiny #tree

I've read short stories that are as dense as a 19th century novel and novels that really are short stories filled with a lot of helium. ↗

— Lynn Abbey

#century #dense #filled #helium #i

My London constituency in Hackney has one of the highest levels of gun crime in the country. But the problem is no longer confined to inner city areas. Gun crime has spread to communities all over Britain. ↗

— Diane Abbott

#britain #city #communities #confined #constituency

Jordan has to show the Arab world that there's another way of doing things. We're a monarchy, yes, but if we can show democracy that leads to a two-, three-, four-party system - left, right and center - in a couple of years' time, then the Muslim Brotherhood will no longer be something to contend with. ↗

— Abdallah II

#another way #arab #arab world #brotherhood #center

All my life I have been taught to take the high road and never to dignify salacious or false accusations and I have been taught never, never to lie. ↗

— Paula Abdul

#false #high #i #lie #life

America fell in love with the innocence of a kid who just was honest, saying, I did the best I could, and I had no formal training. ↗

— Paula Abdul

#best #could #did #fell #formal

I have been working up until recently with Neil Simon, who has been adapting the character to me. ↗

— Paula Abdul

#been #character #i #me #neil