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Lawyers are the first refuge of the incompetent.
Aaron Allston
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Aaron Allston
Age: 53 †
Born: 1960
Born: December 8
Died: 2014
Died: February 27
Film Director
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Corsicana
Texas
Aaron Dale Allston
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Ennui and lethargy are waging a war inside me.
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And unlike the rest of you, he hasn’t yet time to ruin his career or his mind. Then he won’t do. Send him home. Get us another lunatic. Excuse me! [hopping up to stand in his seat] Elassar Targon, master of the universe, reporting for duty! I withdraw my objection.
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Any sufficiently badly-written science is indistinguishable from magic.
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There are two types of people in the world, and I'm one of them.
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Obviously a fake Kyp. You distract him. I'll shoot him under the table. Han (to Leia)
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Luke, I don't want to discourage your curiosity, but I have to remind you, if something goes wrong, this is an exceptionally embarassing way to die. Mara
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The chief difference between horror fans and science fiction fans lies in why they won't walk backwards. A horror fan won't walk backwards because he knows he'll be knifed by a madman. A science fiction fan won't walk backwards because he knows he'll step on the cat.
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I don't know. Your the Jedi Master, you figure it out.
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The good thing about being Dr. Frankenstein is that you can always make new friends.
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Tycho, we're about to achieve a tremendous victory we don't want. We'll put that in your biography. General Antilles was so good he couldn't fail when he tried to. Thanks. Wedge & Tycho
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I marked their location in case Kell wanted to blow them up or something.” “I don’t have to blow up everything I see. I just like to.
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Luck consists largely of hanging on by your fingernails until things start to go your way.
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The difference between tragedy and comedy: Tragedy is something awful happening to somebody else, while comedy is something awful happening to somebody else.
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I really can't complain about actresses who get paid to be dumb. Most of us can't get paid to be smart.
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Feminism is sort of like God. Many people profess to believe in it, but no one seems to be able to define it to everyone's satisfaction.
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Sometimes to heal, you must first get hurt.
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There are times when the end justifies the means. But when you build an argument based on a whole series of such times, you may find that you've constructed an entire philosophy of evil. --Luke Skywalker
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No one pays me to be nice.
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Rogue Squadron doesn't run. Unless we really, really have to.
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I was years older than you when I became an ambassador for the first time. Remember that, Tycho? How did we get through that assignment, anyway?” “Pretty much, we opened fire on everyone who disagreed with us.” Wedge nodded and turned to his daughter. “When all else fails, just do that.
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