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“Excellence is the result of caring more than others think is wise, risking more than others think is safe, dreaming more than others think is practical, and expecting more than others think is possible.”
― Ronnie Oldham

“Technology implies belligerence.”
― Peter Watts, Blindsight

“Humans, too, are becoming numerous. We don’t cull egrets because they are beautiful and ornamental. We don’t cull humans because they are economically useful. However, if left completely unchecked, they would both ruin their environment. They eat; they breed; they shit. Neither is good at keeping their world clean and tidy. Too stupid, essentially.”
― Peter F. Hamilton, Exodus: The Archimedes Engine

“Five Regal hands were raised with studied nonchalance.”
― Peter F. Hamilton, Exodus: The Archimedes Engine