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Them Quotes by Neal Stephenson
- Am I a technocrat? Im just a guy who went down to the bookstore and bought a couple of textbooks on TCP/IP, which is the…
- The imperative to develop new technologies and implement them on a heroic scale no longer seems like the childish preoccupation of a few nerds with…
- Let's set the existence-of-God issue aside for a later volume, and just stipulate that in some way, self-replicating organisms came into existence on this planet…
- ..this is just like life must be for about 99 percent of the people in the world. You're in this place. There's other people all…
- They wanted to carry her, but she jumped to the stones of the plaza and strode away from the building, toward her ranks, which parted…
- They knew many things but had no idea why. And strangely this made them more, rather than less, certain that they were right.
- The best way to know someone is to have a conversation with them.
- It’s, like, one of them drug dealer boats,” Vic says, looking through his magic sight. “Five guys on it. Headed our way.” He fires another…
- They went inside. The young ones shuffled to a stop as their ironic sensibilities, which served them in lieu of souls, were jammed by a…
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- As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
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- Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes… — Aristotle
- Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms. — Aristotle
- Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them. — Aristotle
- Bring your desires down to your present means. Increase them only when your increased means permit. — Aristotle
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