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Nearly all of the majors have really been pretty merciless with their partners.


Doug Abbey

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DEAR ABBEY One of my great passions is the collection of historical trivia.
LYNN ABBEY I'm always trolling for trivia.
LYNN ABBEY It's been a long time since I've written old-fashioned sword and sorcery; I'm hoping it&...
LYNN ABBEY How could anything non-controversial be of intellectual interest to grown-ups?
EDWARD ABBEY The love of a man for his wife, his child, of the land where he lives and works, is for me the real ...
EDWARD ABBEY Instant communication is not communication at all but merely a frantic, trivial, nerve-wracking bomb...
EDWARD ABBEY I doubt that my sense of personal freedom is any stronger than anybody else's. I'm happy to respect ...
EDWARD ABBEY Readers, not critics, are the people who determine a book's eventual fate.
EDWARD ABBEY Simply because humankind have the power now to meddle or 'manage' or 'exercise stewardship' in every...
EDWARD ABBEY