Mojave Quotes

• The Mojave is a big desert and a frightening one. It’s as though nature tested a man for endurance and constancy to prove whether he was good enough to get to California.

  John Steinbeck

  Men, California, Endurance

  John Steinbeck (1980). “Travels with Charley in Search of America”, p.116, Penguin

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• Note to self: Pasty-skinned programmers ought not stand in the Mojave desert for multiple hours.

  John Carmack

  Self, Desert, Hours

  John Carmack's plan of Quake 3 Arena Project, www.bluesnews.com. May 15, 2000.

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• She lives in Mojave in a Winnebago. His name is Bobby, he looks like a potato.

  Frank Zappa

  Friendship, Names, Looks

  Song: San Ber'dino, Album: One Size Fits All

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• Ask the dust on the road! Ask the Joshua trees standing alone where the Mojave begins. Ask them about Camilla Lopez, and they will whisper her name.

  John Fante

  Dust, Names, Tree

  John Fante (1990). “Prologue to Ask the Dust”

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• Everyone should just drive out to the Mojave Desert and just experience it, and it's a fun place to live.

  Bill Burr

  Fun, Desert, Should

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• The California I knew, old rancho California, is gone. It just doesn't exist, except maybe in little pockets. I lived on the edge of the Mojave Desert, an area that used to be farm country. There were all these fresh-produce stands with avocados and date palms. You could get a dozen artichokes for a buck or something. Totally wiped out now.

  Sam Shepard

  Country, California, Dozen

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• I was fortunate enough, after many visits to many wonderful, weird people to come across Burt Rutan, who is a genius in the Mojave Desert. And SpaceShipOne was born and had three flights into space that won something called the X Prize. And from there, we're building SpaceShipTwo, which is ... a beautiful spaceship that is very, very, very nearly completed and will be ready from about next Christmas onwards to start taking people into space.

  Richard Branson

  Beautiful, Space, People

  "Richard Branson: Time To Rethink 'Business As Usual'". "Talk of the Nation" with Neal Conan, www.npr.org. December 1, 2011.

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• Previously, I've worked with Bill Monahan on The Departed, he recently wrote American Desperado for us, and I just acted in a movie he directed called Mojave. So, yes, Jimmy, that goes without saying.

  Mark Wahlberg

  Departed, Bills, Jimmy

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• My experience protesting with Mojave Dolphins, and the other wonderful animal activists, can be described in a few words: inspiring, motivational and purposeful. The execution of the protests is incredible; the signs are amazing, creative and eye catching. You can really feel the unity in the group, running like a well oiled machine towards the goal of liberating our captive animal friends.

  Camille

  Running, Eye, Animal

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