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Oh, wonderful. I killed his father. He hates me. He knows how to make bombs. Come on, Wedge, how does this story end?

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
The difference between tragedy and comedy: Tragedy is something awful happening to somebody else, while comedy is something awful happening to somebody else.
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Awful Difference Something Tragedy
At which time the repulsor puts out its final effort and slows you down so you crash quite slowly into the surface.” “Crash.” “Quite slowly.” Face & Luke
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Down Effort Face Final Repulsor Surface
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
Luck consists largely of hanging on by your fingernails until things start to go your way.
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Fingernail Hanging Large Luck Way
I’m content to stand on tradition. I’m even more content to wipe my feet on it.
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Content Feet Tradition Wipe
Tycho, we’re about to achieve a tremendous victory we don’t want.” “We’ll put that in your biography. General Antilles was so good he couldn’t fail when he tried to.” “Thanks.” Wedge & Tycho
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Achieve Antilles Biography General Tycho Victory Want
I marked their location in case Kell wanted to blow them up or something.” “I don’t have to blow up everything I see. I just like to.
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Blow Case Kell Location Mark Something
The analysis of the thing is not the thing itself.
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Analysis Itself Thing
The principle of Sturgeon’s Razor states that the simplest answer to any problem is 90% crap
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Answer Crap Principle Problem Razor Simplest State
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
Definition of ‘Free’: You pay for it whether or not you elect to receive it.
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Definition Elect Free Pay Receive
If you hack the Vatican server, have you tampered in God’s domain?
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Domain God Hack Server Tampered
Ennui and lethargy are waging a war inside me.
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Ennui Inside Lethargy Waging War

Oh, wonderful. I killed his father. He hates me. He knows how to make bombs. Come on, Wedge, how does this story end?

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