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knew that violence was very likely, and, for the yakuza to take him seriously, he would need to reach back for his dark side.
“It is clear that the individual who persecutes a man, his brother, because he is not of the same opinion, is a monster.”
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“You built a life the way you’d build a wall, one brick on top of the other, but sooner or later, those first bricks were taken away.”
― Joe Country
― Joe Country
“The truth is, preparing for interstellar travel and then sending out ships filled with colonists is bound to be a job so long, thankless, expensive, and difficult that I suspect that only a religion could do it. A lot of people will find ways to make money from it. That might get things started. But it will take something as essentially human and as essentially irrational as religion to keep them focused and keep it going—for generations if it takes generations. I suspect it will. You see, I have thought about this.”
― Parable of the Talents
― Parable of the Talents
“I am very cautious of people who are absolutely right, especially when they are vehemently so.”
― Diaries 1969-1979: The Python Years
― Diaries 1969-1979: The Python Years
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