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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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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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David Brin
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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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Science
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Carpe Diem
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Our repugnance to death increases in proportion to our consciousness of having lived in vain. – William Hazlitt, On the Love of Life, 1815

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Carpe Diem

Most people die at the last minute; others twenty years beforehand, some even earlier. They are the wretched of the earth. РLouis C̩line, Voyage au bout du monde, 1932

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Carpe Diem

Minutes are worth more than money. Spend them wisely. – Thomas P. Murphy

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Carpe Diem

If you believe in forever, then life is just a one-night stand. – Righteous Brothers, “Rock & Roll Heaven”

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Carpe Diem

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Ive done an awful lot of stuff thats a monument to public patience. – Tyrone Power

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Patience

A car to pick me up every day, a chair with my name on it, everybody being very polite… what can you do except sit back and watch it all, try to take it all in? – Charles Dance

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car

Spiritual evolution occurs as the result of removing obstacles and not actually acquiring anything new. Devotion enables surrender of the minds vanities and cherished illusions so that it progressively becomes more free and more open to the light of Truth. – David R. Hawkins

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Surrender

I have experienced failure as a politician and for that very reason, I am ready to give everything for Japan. – Shinzo Abe

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Failure