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“And every friend I've got has been writing Mars stories. It was pretty clear I'd never catch up.”

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“Once Louis Wu had sworn to live forever.”

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In challenging a kzin, a simple scream of rage is sufficient. You scream and you leap.

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“There is no cause so good or noble that it will not attract fuggheads; and the fuggheads will get all the press.”

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“Music had played suddenly through the cabin, complex and lovely, rich in minor tones, like the sad call of a sex-maddened computer. Nessus whistled.”

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“This place is a playground for a questing mind.”

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“have precious little free will," he was saying. "We're too intelligent not to see the right answers.”

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“1a) Never throw shit at an armed man. 1b) Never stand next to someone who is throwing shit at an armed man.”

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We learn only to ask more questions.

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“Everything starts as somebody's dream.”

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“I asked him, "Do you know the difference between nude and naked?" He shook his head. "Nude is artistic. Naked is defenseless.”

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Intelligence is just a tool to be used toward a goal, and goals are not always chosen intelligently.

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For each human being there is an optimum ratio between change and stasis. Too little change, he grows bored. Too little stability, he panics and loses his ability to adapt. One who marries six times in ten years won't change jobs. One who moves often to serve his company will maintain a stable marriage. A woman chained to one home…

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I've always made it clear that I do not believe that global government is either necessary or feasible.

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