"Wachstum um des Wachstums willen ist die Ideologie der Krebszelle." zitiert in Vera Pagin: Underground USA. Texte der alternativen Scene in Amerika. München 1987, S. 10 books.googleEdward Abbey
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Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of the cancer cell.Edward Abbey
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""Wachstum um des Wachstums willen ist die Ideologie der Krebszelle." zitiert in Vera Pagin: Underground USA. Texte der alternativen Scene in Amerika. München 1987, S. 10 books.google"
— Edward Abbey
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Edward Abbey
1927 – 1989
US-amerikanischer Schriftsteller
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