"Habits begin to form at the very first……" — Kim Stanley
"Habits begin to form at the very first repetition. After that there is a tropism toward repetition, for the patterns involved are defenses , bulwarks against time and despair."
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41 Quotes by Kim Stanley
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It was not power that corrupted people, but fools who corrupted power.
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Money equals power; power makes the law; and law makes government.
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An excess of reason is itself a form of madness
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