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The principle of Sturgeon's Razor states that the simplest answer to any problem is 90% crap
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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Any sufficiently badly-written science is indistinguishable from magic.
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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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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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The analysis of the thing is not the thing itself.
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No one pays me to be nice.
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There are two types of people in the world, and I'm one of them.
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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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Ennui and lethargy are waging a war inside me.
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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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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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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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If you hack the Vatican server, have you tampered in God's domain?
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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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Rogue Squadron doesn't run. Unless we really, really have to.
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I don't know. Your the Jedi Master, you figure it out.
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