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February 17, 2004

Some simple logic about work and life, from Edward Abbey

“I don’t believe in doing work I don’t want to do in order to live the way I don’t want to live.”
–Edward Abbey, The Fool’s Progress (1988)

Posted by Rolf Potts |
Category: Travel Quote of the Day
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2 Responses to “Some simple logic about work and life, from Edward Abbey”

Laura Says:
February 17th, 2004 at 11:25 am
A beautiful quote!
Chris Says:
February 17th, 2004 at 7:24 pm
I’m going to tattoo this one to my forehead before I go to work tomorrow.

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