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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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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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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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The past is malleable and flexible, changing as our recollection interprets and re-explains what has happened. – Peter Berger

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A history in which every particular incident may be true may on the whole be false. – Thomas Babington Macaulay

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I dont want to get home from work and wonder if I could have done better if I didnt go out that night. What youre doing is going to go on the big screen and go down in history. – Seann William Scott

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I think that both men, Bush and Blair, will be damned in history. Both men have made their respective countries the two most hated countries in the world. – George Galloway

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Human freedom involves our capacity to pause, to choose the one response toward which we wish to throw our weight. – Rollo May

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I love technology. – William Shatner

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If the heart stops for more than two minutes, you have massive brain death. There are only two minutes between our conscious world and zero. Thats how fragile our consciousness is. – Robin Gibb

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