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> [I just haven't been conditioned into thinking that the right answer can't be a simple one. When I told you you'd been contaminated I meant by that attitude, which is wider-spread than the common cold and just as undermining. Did…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-brunner/i-just-haven-t-been-conditioned-into-thinking-that-the-right-answer/)

[John Brunner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-brunner/)

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## More by John Brunner

> [For all the claims one hears about the liberating impact of the data-net, the truth is that it's wished on most of us a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-brunner/for-all-the-claims-one-hears-about-the-liberating-impact-of-the-data/)

[John Brunner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-brunner/)

> [“Take stock, citizen bacillus, Now that there are so many billions of you, Bleeding through your opened veins, Into your bathtub, or into the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-brunner/take-stock-citizen-bacillus-now-that-there-are-so-many-billions-of/)

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> [“What hurt him most of all, made him feel like a sick child aware of terrible wrongness and yet incapable of explaining it to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-brunner/what-hurt-him-most-of-all-made-him-feel-like-a-sick-child-aware-of/)

[John Brunner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-brunner/)

> [“He had many names, but one nature, and this unique nature made him subject to certain laws not binding upon ordinary persons. In a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-brunner/he-had-many-names-but-one-nature-and-this-unique-nature-made-him/)

[John Brunner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-brunner/)

> [“True, you’re not a slave. You’re worse off than that by a long, long way. You’re a predatory beast shut up in a cage…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-brunner/true-you-re-not-a-slave-you-re-worse-off-than-that-by-a-long-long-way/)

[John Brunner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-brunner/)

> [“There's an ingrained distrust in our society of highly intelligent, highly trained, highly competent persons. One need only look at the last presidential election…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-brunner/there-s-an-ingrained-distrust-in-our-society-of-highly-intelligent/)

[John Brunner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-brunner/)

> [“It's natural for a man to defend what's dear to him: his own life, his home, his family. But in order to make him…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-brunner/it-s-natural-for-a-man-to-defend-what-s-dear-to-him-his-own-life-his/)

[John Brunner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-brunner/)

> [“Time entails memory, memory entails conscience, conscience entails thought for the future, which is itself implied by the existence of time.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-brunner/time-entails-memory-memory-entails-conscience-conscience-entails/)

[John Brunner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-brunner/)

> [“It's not because my mind is made up that I don't want you to confuse me with any more facts. It's because my mind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-brunner/it-s-not-because-my-mind-is-made-up-that-i-don-t-want-you-to-confuse/)

[John Brunner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-brunner/)

> [There are two kinds of fools. One says, "This is old, and therefore good." And one says, " This is new, and therefore better.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-brunner/there-are-two-kinds-of-fools-one-says-this-is-old-and-therefore-good/)

[John Brunner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-brunner/)

> [“The walls were chipped and needed paint. The windows were mostly okay but one pane was blocked with cardboard. There were fleas the exterminator…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-brunner/the-walls-were-chipped-and-needed-paint-the-windows-were-mostly-okay/)

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> [“Right! Right! 'Stead of which, over here, they shit in the water until it's dangerous to drink, then make a fucking fortune out of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-brunner/right-right-stead-of-which-over-here-they-shit-in-the-water-until-it/)

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> [NEGRO :; Member of a subgroup of the human race who hails, or whose ancestors hailed, from a chunk of land nicknamed not by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-brunner/negro-member-of-a-subgroup-of-the-human-race-who-hails-or-whose/)

[John Brunner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-brunner/)

> [“She recalled him as a forceful and witty speaker with a ready repartee and a penetrating voice. He had once, for example, put down…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-brunner/she-recalled-him-as-a-forceful-and-witty-speaker-with-a-ready/)

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> [It's supposed to be automatic, but actually you have to push this button.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-brunner/it-s-supposed-to-be-automatic-but-actually-you-have-to-push-this/)

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