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The leading cause of death among active pilots is ... motorcycle accidents.
“Violence, naked force, has settled more issues in history than has any other factor.”
― Starship Troopers
― Starship Troopers
“All God's children are not beautiful. Most of God's children are, in fact, barely presentable.”
― Metropolitan Life/Social Studies
― Metropolitan Life/Social Studies
“Bad books on writing tell you to "WRITE WHAT YOU KNOW", a solemn and totally false adage that is the reason there exist so many mediocre novels about English professors contemplating adultery.”
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“The 1143-year-long war hand begun on false pretenses and only because the two races were unable to communicate.
Once they could talk, the first question was 'Why did you start this thing?' and the answer was 'Me?”
― The Forever War
Once they could talk, the first question was 'Why did you start this thing?' and the answer was 'Me?”
― The Forever War
“Some women, Commander Norton had decided long ago, should not be allowed aboard ship; weightlessness did things to their breasts that were too damn distracting. It was bad enough when they were motionless; but when they started to move, and sympathetic vibrations set in, it was more than any warm-blooded male should be asked to take. Some women, Commander Norton had decided long ago, should not be allowed aboard ship; weightlessness did things to their breasts that were too damn distracting. It was bad enough when they were motionless; but when they started to move, and sympathetic vibrations set in, it was more than any warm-blooded male should be asked to take. He was quite sure that at least one serious space accident had been caused by acute crew distraction, after the transit of a well-upholstered lady officer through the control cabin.”
― Rendezvous with Rama
― Rendezvous with Rama
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