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Leslie Starr O'Hara
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Born
in Raleigh, NC, The United States
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Influences
Member Since
March 2013
URL
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SFFS- Disembarkation- Snippet #3
This post is copied from my actual blog at http://lesliestarrohara.webs.com
Well, it's that time of the week again... Science Fiction and Fantasy Saturday!!! This week we have a third snippet from my WIP, "Disembarkation", a story (turning into a novella) about Lithra Sziandra, an anthropologist who visits the planet Pygmalion to study the primitive native peoples. In this snippet, Lithra finds out Read more of this blog post »
Well, it's that time of the week again... Science Fiction and Fantasy Saturday!!! This week we have a third snippet from my WIP, "Disembarkation", a story (turning into a novella) about Lithra Sziandra, an anthropologist who visits the planet Pygmalion to study the primitive native peoples. In this snippet, Lithra finds out Read more of this blog post »
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The Doublespeak Dictionary: Your Guide to the Euphemisms, Dysphemisms, and Other Linguistic Contrivances of the State
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“conservative n.
A person who possesses an underdeveloped taste for tyranny.
liberal n.
A person who believes in liberty, but only for the state.”
― The Doublespeak Dictionary: Your Guide to the Euphemisms, Dysphemisms, and Other Linguistic Contrivances of the State
A person who possesses an underdeveloped taste for tyranny.
liberal n.
A person who believes in liberty, but only for the state.”
― The Doublespeak Dictionary: Your Guide to the Euphemisms, Dysphemisms, and Other Linguistic Contrivances of the State
“terrorism n.
Violence for political purposes or the politically motivated threat of violence which, either intentionally or unintentionally, challenges the state's monopoly on political violence.”
― The Doublespeak Dictionary: Your Guide to the Euphemisms, Dysphemisms, and Other Linguistic Contrivances of the State
Violence for political purposes or the politically motivated threat of violence which, either intentionally or unintentionally, challenges the state's monopoly on political violence.”
― The Doublespeak Dictionary: Your Guide to the Euphemisms, Dysphemisms, and Other Linguistic Contrivances of the State
“preemptive strike n.
A blow or punch delivered by military aircraft to a target who is suspected of being adverse to one's plot for world domination.”
― The Doublespeak Dictionary: Your Guide to the Euphemisms, Dysphemisms, and Other Linguistic Contrivances of the State
A blow or punch delivered by military aircraft to a target who is suspected of being adverse to one's plot for world domination.”
― The Doublespeak Dictionary: Your Guide to the Euphemisms, Dysphemisms, and Other Linguistic Contrivances of the State
“I am free, no matter what rules surround me. If I find them tolerable, I tolerate them; if I find them too obnoxious, I break them. I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do.”
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“People often claim to hunger for truth, but seldom like the taste when it's served up.”
― A Clash of Kings
― A Clash of Kings
“It is said that power corrupts, but actually it's more true that power attracts the corruptible. The sane are usually attracted by other things than power.”
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