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• Very little in science fiction can transcend the gimmickry of a technical conceit, yet without that conceit at its heart… — Janet Morris
• When we say 'science' we can either mean any manipulation of the inventive and organizing power of the human intellect:… — Wyndham Lewis
• The first derivative is the last refuge of a scoundrel. — Charles P. Kindleberger
• I guess after Dances With Wolves they probably tried some derivative westerns, and if they didn't work, they said the… — Tom Selleck
• Actually, I take it as a compliment. Diva is a derivative of divine. That's quite a title to carry around. — Calista Flockhart
• I really enjoyed the sort of real crazy, eclectic layering stuff and how it all worked together. I could tell… — Kid Koala
• But just as much as it is easy to find the differential [derivative] of a given quantity, so it is… — Johann Bernoulli
• In the fall of 1972, President Nixon announced that the rate of increase of inflation was decreasing. This was the… — Unknown Author
• In the case of a meltdown, the regulatory authorities may find themselves obliged to step in to preserve the integrity… — George Soros
• Morality is always derivative. It stems from one's worldview. — Nancy Pearcey
• There's nothing terribly wrong with The November Man in a serviceable late-night cable TV sort of way but neither is… — James Berardinelli
• Who has not been amazed to learn that the function y = ex, like a phoenix rising from its own… — Unknown Author

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