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> [As a society, we pick words that are offensive based on what we're most afraid of. We associate sounds with some dangerous idea, and right now the most dangerous thing to us are the differences between us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-dooling/as-a-society-we-pick-words-that-are-offensive-based-on-what-we-re/)

[Richard Dooling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-dooling/)

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## More by Richard Dooling

> [The most interesting character to me is someone who is stuck in the no man's land between Belief and Unbelief, Faith and Faithlessness. I'm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-dooling/the-most-interesting-character-to-me-is-someone-who-is-stuck-in-the/)

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> [As the financial experts all over the world use machines to unwind Gordian knots of financial arrangements so complex that only machines can make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-dooling/as-the-financial-experts-all-over-the-world-use-machines-to-unwind/)

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> [Why can't you summon a command line and search your real-world home for 'Honda car keys,' and specify rooms in your house to search…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-dooling/why-can-t-you-summon-a-command-line-and-search-your-real-world-home/)

[Richard Dooling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-dooling/)

> [Let's take care of mothers and infants first, and then let's see what's left over for everybody over 50. I'm over 50. If I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-dooling/let-s-take-care-of-mothers-and-infants-first-and-then-let-s-see-what/)

[Richard Dooling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-dooling/)

> [I always wanted to be a writer... 'Critical Care' was my first published work. I was 34 when it came out. I was accumulating…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-dooling/i-always-wanted-to-be-a-writer-critical-care-was-my-first-published/)

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> [Deep down I knew that if Hell existed, it was a real place full of ruthless, venal people, like the commodity pits at the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-dooling/deep-down-i-knew-that-if-hell-existed-it-was-a-real-place-full-of/)

[Richard Dooling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-dooling/)

> [Man is a fire-stealing animal, and we can't help building machines and machine intelligences, even if, from time to time, we use them not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-dooling/man-is-a-fire-stealing-animal-and-we-can-t-help-building-machines-and/)

[Richard Dooling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-dooling/)

> [Making money, it seems, is all about the velocity of moving it around, so that it can exist in Hong Kong one moment and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-dooling/making-money-it-seems-is-all-about-the-velocity-of-moving-it-around/)

[Richard Dooling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-dooling/)

> [I begin every novel with the vow that I will not write about technology, Catholicism, or Hell. As you know, I end up writing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-dooling/i-begin-every-novel-with-the-vow-that-i-will-not-write-about/)

[Richard Dooling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-dooling/)

> [As a society, we pick words that are offensive based on what we're most afraid of. We associate sounds with some dangerous idea, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-dooling/as-a-society-we-pick-words-that-are-offensive-based-on-what-we-re/)

[Richard Dooling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-dooling/)

> [Criminal court is where bad people are on their best behavior. It's much more dangerous for lawyers and judges in family court, where good…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-dooling/criminal-court-is-where-bad-people-are-on-their-best-behavior-it-s/)

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> [The first thing I became interested in in terms of 'Brain Storm' was neuroscience, and that is like saying you're interested in the universe.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-dooling/the-first-thing-i-became-interested-in-in-terms-of-brain-storm-was/)

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> [At times, we forget the magnitude of the havoc we can wreak by off-loading our minds onto super-intelligent machines, that is, until they run…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-dooling/at-times-we-forget-the-magnitude-of-the-havoc-we-can-wreak-by-off/)

[Richard Dooling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-dooling/)

> [I don't think people should be able to swear whenever they want. I just don't want the federal government making laws about swearing. We…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-dooling/i-don-t-think-people-should-be-able-to-swear-whenever-they-want-i/)

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> [I'm always working. I don't really set limits. I tend to go in bursts. And in between, I'm doing my taxes, answering the phone,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-dooling/i-m-always-working-i-don-t-really-set-limits-i-tend-to-go-in-bursts/)

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