No one pays me to be nice.
AARON ALLSTONAny sufficiently badly-written science is indistinguishable from magic.
More Aaron Allston Quotes
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Rogue Squadron doesn’t run. Unless we really, really have to.” “No, this will be Wraith Squadron’s mission.” “We don’t mind running. Even when we don’t have to.
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No, General. I’m not your subordinate. And what I’m coming dangerously close to is violence. -General Wedge Antilles
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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?
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I don’t know. Your the Jedi Master, you figure it out.
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Sometimes to heal, you must first get hurt.
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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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Lawyers are the first refuge of the incompetent.
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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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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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Luck consists largely of hanging on by your fingernails until things start to go your way.
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I’m content to stand on tradition. I’m even more content to wipe my feet on it.
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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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The good thing about being Dr. Frankenstein is that you can always make new friends.
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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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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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