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I think that if the novels task is to describe where we find ourse

I think that if the novels task is to describe where we find ourselves and how we live now, the novelist must take a good, hard look at the most central facts of contemporary life – technology and science. – Richard Powers

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My goal for technology has always been to reach a point where the technological mediation becomes invisible. – Richard Powers

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Technology
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The desire to live in our imagination is driven by this suspicion that were disembodied sensibilities cobbled into our bodies. That idea has infused most of human thought since the very beginning. – Richard Powers

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Imagination
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I write the way you might arrange flowers. Not every try works, but each one launches another. Every constraint, even dullness, frees up a new design. – Richard Powers

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design
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Science is his forte, and omniscience his foible. – Sydney Smith

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So fantasy was fine early on, and when I discovered science fiction, I was very happy with it, because my first interest in science fiction came with an interest in astronomy. – Octavia Butler

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Nothing is less important than which fork you use. Etiquette is the science of living. It embraces everything. It is ethics. It is honor. – Emily Post

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Facts are the air of scientists. Without them you can never fly. – Linus Pauling

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Has there ever been a society which has died of dissent? Several have died of conformity in our lifetime. – Jacob Bronowski

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I finally decided one day, reading science fiction magazines of the time, I could do at least as well as some of these people are doing. So I finally made a serious effort. – Fred Saberhagen

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What is patriotism but the love of the food one ate as a child? – Lin Yutang

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The only difference between death and taxes is that death doesnt get worse every time Congress meets. – Will Rogers

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