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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.

Aaron Allston

If you hack the Vatican server, have you tampered in God’s domain?
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Domain God Hack Server Tampered
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
When all else fails, complicate matters
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Else Fail Failing Matter When
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
Rogue Squadron doesn’t run. Unless we really, really have to.
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Rogue Run Running Unless Wraith
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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Mind Mission Rogue Running Squadron Unless Wraith
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
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
Life is like an analogy.
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Analogies Life Positive
Definition of ‘Free’: You pay for it whether or not you elect to receive it.
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Definition Elect Free Pay Receive
Any sufficiently badly-written science is indistinguishable from magic.
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Indistinguishable Magic Science Sufficient Written
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
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
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
The analysis of the thing is not the thing itself.
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Analysis Itself Thing
Sometimes to heal, you must first get hurt.
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First Heal Hurt Sometimes

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