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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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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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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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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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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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Luck consists largely of hanging on by your fingernails until things start to go your way.
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When all else fails, complicate matters
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Rogue Squadron doesn't run. Unless we really, really have to.
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Sometimes to heal, you must first get hurt.
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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 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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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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No, General. I'm not your subordinate. And what I'm coming dangerously close to is violence. -General Wedge Antilles
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The good thing about being Dr. Frankenstein is that you can always make new friends.
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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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No one pays me to be nice.
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No, they can't. They can't be Luke Skywalker.
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If you hack the Vatican server, have you tampered in God's domain?
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