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Why must conversions always come so late? Why do people always apo

Why must conversions always come so late? Why do people always apologize to corpses? – David Brin

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Theres no doubt that scientific training helps many authors to write better science fiction. And yet, several of the very best were English majors who could not parse a differential equation to save their lives. – David Brin

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Science
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It is said that power corrupts, but actually its more true that power attracts the corruptible. The sane are usually attracted by other things than power. – David Brin

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power
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Predicting has a spotty record in science fiction. Ive had some failures. On the other hand, I also predicted the fall of the Berlin Wall and the rise of fundamentalist Islam… and Im not happy to be right in all of those cases. – David Brin

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Other Quotes from
Carpe Diem
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There is a bunch of things we mean to do, and life is the time we spend meaning to do them. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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Carpe Diem

Life is not long, and too much of it must not pass in idle deliberation how it shall be spent. – Samuel Johnson

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Carpe Diem

Never forget that you must die; that death will come sooner than you expect… God has written the letters of death upon your hands. In the inside of your hands you will see the letters M.M. It means “Memento Mori” — remember you must die. – J. Furniss, Tracts for Spiritual Reading

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Carpe Diem

The more side roads you stop to explore, the less likely that life will pass you by. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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Carpe Diem

Random Quotes

All of us could take a lesson from the weather. It pays no attention to criticism. – Anon.

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Criticism

Every social organisation which is rooted in life still lasts a long time, even after the conditions from which it drew its strength have changed in a manner unfavourable to it. – Karl Radek

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strength

Robert Kennedy was such an inspiring figure. His interest in politics seemed to come not from a desire for power, but from a need to help our society live up to its ideals. – Elisabeth Shue

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Politics

It is less of a problem to be poor, than to be dishonest. – American Indian Proverb