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Aaron Allston

No, General. I’m not your subordinate. And what I’m coming dangerously close to is violence. -General Wedge Antilles
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Danger Subordinate Violence Wedge
There are times when the end justifies the means. But when you build an argument based on a whole series of such times, you may find that you’ve constructed an entire philosophy of evil.” –Luke Skywalker
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Evil Justify Mean Philosophy Time
If you hack the Vatican server, have you tampered in God’s domain?
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Domain God Hack Server Tampered
That was interesting.” “He deliberately countermanded one of my orders.” “He was furtive.” “Sneaky, even.” “We’ll make a Rebellion-style pilot of him yet.” Tycho & Wedge (about Jag)
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Countermanded Furtive Interesting Order Sneaky Style
There are two types of people in the world, and I’m one of them.
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People Sad Two Type World
I have to say, this sounds like the worst idea in a thousand generations of bad ideas.” “You haven’t heard all our ideas.” Luke & Bhindi Drayson
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Generation Heard Idea Sound Thousand Worst
Luke, I don’t want to discourage your curiosity, but I have to remind you, if something goes wrong, this is an exceptionally embarrassing way to die.” Mara
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Curiosity Exception Something Want Way Wrong
Rogue Squadron doesn’t run. Unless we really, really have to.
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Rogue Run Running Unless Wraith
The analysis of the thing is not the thing itself.
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Analysis Itself Thing
I really can’t complain about actresses who get paid to be dumb. Most of us can’t get paid to be smart.
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Dumb Paid Smart Stupid
I don’t know. Your the Jedi Master, you figure it out.
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Figure Jedi Know Master
The good thing about being Dr. Frankenstein is that you can always make new friends.
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Doctor Frankenstein Good New Friendship Thing
Lawyers are the first refuge of the incompetent.
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Fierce First Incompetent Lawyer
Obviously a fake Kyp. You distract him. I’ll shoot him under the table.” Han (to Leia)
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Fake Leia Shoot Table
Any sufficiently badly-written science is indistinguishable from magic.
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Indistinguishable Magic Science Sufficient Written
No one pays me to be nice.
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Nice One Liner Pay Positive

When all else fails, complicate matters

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