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Any sufficiently badly-written science is indistinguishable from magic.

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Aaron Allston
Age: 53 †
Born: 1960
Born: December 8
Died: 2014
Died: February 27
Film Director
Game Designer
Novelist
Role-Playing Game Designer
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Corsicana
Texas
Aaron Dale Allston
Badly
Magic
Written
Science
Indistinguishable
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Rogue Squadron doesn’t run. Unless we really, really have to. No, this will be Wraith Squadron’s mission. We don’t mind running. Even when we don’t have to.
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No, they can't. They can't be Luke Skywalker.
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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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At which time the repulsor puts out its final effort and slows you down so you crash quite slowly into the surface. Crash. Quite slowly. Face & Luke
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That was interesting. He deliberately countermanded one of my orders. He was furtive. Sneaky, even. We'll make a Rebellion-style pilot of him yet. Tycho & Wedge (about Jag)
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I don't know. Your the Jedi Master, you figure it out.
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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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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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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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Lawyers are the first refuge of the incompetent.
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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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Ennui and lethargy are waging a war inside me.
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Luck consists largely of hanging on by your fingernails until things start to go your way.
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Definition of 'Free': You pay for it whether or not you elect to receive it.
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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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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 analysis of the thing is not the thing itself.
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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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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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I have to say, this sounds like the worst idea in a thousand generations of bad ideas. You haven't heard all our ideas. Luke & Bhindi Drayson
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