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When all else fails, complicate matters
Aaron Allston
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Aaron Allston
Age: 53 †
Born: 1960
Born: December 8
Died: 2014
Died: February 27
Film Director
Game Designer
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Role-Playing Game Designer
Science Fiction Writer
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Corsicana
Texas
Aaron Dale Allston
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Lawyers are the first refuge of the incompetent.
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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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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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There are two types of people in the world, and I'm one of them.
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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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Obviously a fake Kyp. You distract him. I'll shoot him under the table. Han (to Leia)
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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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Rogue Squadron doesn't run. Unless we really, really have to.
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The analysis of the thing is not the thing itself.
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The good thing about being Dr. Frankenstein is that you can always make new friends.
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Any sufficiently badly-written science is indistinguishable from magic.
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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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The principle of Sturgeon's Razor states that the simplest answer to any problem is 90% crap
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No one pays me to be nice.
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Oh, wonderful. I killed his father. He hates me. He knows how to make bombs. Come on, Wedge, how does this story end?
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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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Sometimes to heal, you must first get hurt.
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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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I'm content to stand on tradition. I'm even more content to wipe my feet on it.
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If you hack the Vatican server, have you tampered in God's domain?
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