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

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The worst mistake of first contact, made throughout history by individuals on both sides of every new encounter, has been the unfortunate habit of making assumptions. It often proved fatal. – 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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But honestly, if you do a rigorous survey of my work, Ill bet youll find that biology is a theme far more often than physical science. – David Brin

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Other Quotes from
Carpe Diem
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As if you could kill time without injuring eternity. – Henry David Thoreau, “Economy,” Walden, 1854

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Death twitches my ear. “Live,” he says, “I am coming.” – Virgil, Minor Poems, Copa

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Day, n. A period of twenty-four hours, mostly misspent. – Ambrose Bierce

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The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and for deeds left undone. – Harriet Beecher Stowe, Little Foxes, 1865

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History is a symphony of echoes heard and unheard. It is a poem with events as verses. – Charles Angoff

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You can almost see voters nodding their heads at home: The publics faith in politicians and political institutions has been on a steep and dangerous decline for decades, because elected leaders fail to deliver. – Ron Fournier

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We are infected by our own misunderstanding of how our own minds work. – Kevin Kelly

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