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“I think having land and not ruining it is the most beautiful art that anybody could ever want to own.” Andy Warhol, The Philosophy of Andy Warhol
“The old man knew he was going far out and he left the smell of the land behind and rowed out into the clean early morning smell of the ocean.” Ernest Hemingway, The Old Man and the Sea
“The rain continued, and grew colder, which I did not mind, but a dim snowy look in the drooping clouds made me hesitate about venturing far from land.” John Muir, Stickeen
“That portion of the earth's surface which is owned and inhabited by the people of the United States is well adapted to be the home of one national family, and it is not well adapted for two or more.” Abraham Lincoln, State of the Union Address
“He stood breathing, and the more he breathed the land in, the more he was filled up with all the details of the land. He was not empty. There was more than enough here to fill him. There would always be more than enough.” Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451
“The mildest tempered people, when on land, become violent and blood-thirsty when in a boat.” Jerome K. Jerome, Three Men in a Boat
“They come, an’ they quit an’ go on; an’ every damn one of ’em’s got a little piece of land in his head. An’ never a God damn one of ’em ever gets it. Just like heaven.” John Steinbeck, Of Mice and Men

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