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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
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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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The principle of Sturgeon's Razor states that the simplest answer to any problem is 90% crap
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Definition of 'Free': You pay for it whether or not you elect to receive it.
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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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Life is like an analogy.
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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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If you hack the Vatican server, have you tampered in God's domain?
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Sometimes to heal, you must first get hurt.
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I don't know. Your the Jedi Master, you figure it out.
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Ennui and lethargy are waging a war inside me.
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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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The good thing about being Dr. Frankenstein is that you can always make new friends.
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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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Rogue Squadron doesn't run. Unless we really, really have to.
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There are two types of people in the world, and I'm one of them.
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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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No, they can't. They can't be Luke Skywalker.
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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 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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Obviously a fake Kyp. You distract him. I'll shoot him under the table. Han (to Leia)
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