"Reincarnation? There is such a thing. What could be more Mozartian than the Nutcracker Suite?"
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"Cold morning on Aztec Peak Fire Lookout. First, build fire in old stove. Second, start coffee. Then, heat up last night's pork chops and spinach for breakfast. Why not? And why the hell not?"
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"Wilderness. The word itself is music."
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"The tragedy of modern war is that the young men die fighting each other - instead of their real enemies back home in the capitals."
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"The idea of wilderness needs no defense. It only needs more defenders. Remaining silent about the destruction of nature is an endorsement of that destruction."
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"When guns are outlawed, only the Government will have guns. The Government - and a few outlaws. If that happens, you can count me among the outlaws."
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"A drink a day keeps the shrink away."
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"I wish to be an inspector of volcanoes. I want to study cloud formations and memorize the wind and learn by heart the habits of the ponderosa pine."
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"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."
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"Freedom begins between the ears."
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"A rancher is a farmer who farms the public lands with a herd of four-legged lawn mowers."
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"My sole literary ambition is to write one good novel, then retire to my hut in the desert, assume the lotus position, compose my mind and senses, and sink into meditation, contemplating my novel."
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"Late in August the lure of the mountains becomes irresistible. Seared by the everlasting sunfire, I want to see running water again, embrace a pine tree, cut my initials in the bark of an aspen, get bit by a mosquito, see a mountain bluebird, find a big blue columbine, get lost in the firs, hike above timberline, sunbathe on snow and eat some ice, climb the rocks and stand in the wind at the top of the world on the peak of Tukuhnikivats."
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"Where all think alike there is little danger of innovation."
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"Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit, and as vital to our lives as water and good bread. A civilization which destroys what little remains of the wild, the spare, the original, is cutting itself off from its origins and betraying the principle of civilization itself."
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"God bless America. Let's try to save some of it."
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"Concrete is heavy; iron is hard - but the grass will prevail."
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"There are some places so beautiful they can make a grown man break down and weep."
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"If it's knowledge and wisdom you want, then seek out the company of those who do real work for an honest purpose."
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"Who needs astrology? The wise man gets by on fortune cookies."
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