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title: "4 The Wombat Quotes"
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# The Wombat

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Jan Howard Finder was an American academic administrator, career counselor, science fiction writer, filker, hostelling tour guide, cosplayer, and fan. He was a guest of honor at the 1993 Worldcon, ConFrancisco. As a personal affectation, he often spelled his name in all lower case letters, jan howar

##  Quotes by The Wombat

> [“Cutting a tree down doesn't kill it; it erases it from history.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-wombat/cutting-a-tree-down-doesn-t-kill-it-it-erases-it-from-history/)

[The Wombat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/the-wombat/)

[Environmental degradation](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/environmental-degradation/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/305/the-wombat-72836_environmental-degrad_cutting-a-tree-down-doesn-t-kill-it-it-e_737097.jpg)

> [“Just chill with life.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-wombat/just-chill-with-life/)

[The Wombat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/the-wombat/)

[Chill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/chill/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ece/the-wombat-72836_life_just-chill-with-life-893662_893662.jpg)

> [“Everybody looks for a chance of attention. Nobody looks for a chance to be ignored. Why? Because being ignored really sucks.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-wombat/everybody-looks-for-a-chance-of-attention-nobody-looks-for-a-chance/)

[The Wombat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/the-wombat/)

[Attention](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/attention/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c8d/the-wombat-72836_humor_everybody-looks-for-a-chance-of-attentio_1847660.jpg)

> [“The sad fact of life: Winners love the game. Losers don't.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-wombat/the-sad-fact-of-life-winners-love-the-game-losers-don-t/)

[The Wombat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/the-wombat/)

[Football](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/football/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce7/the-wombat-72836_football_the-sad-fact-of-life-winners-love-the-ga_2605857.jpg)

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