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The world is made by the people who show up for the job.

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Lois McMaster Bujold
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: November 2
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And this was your friend? Cordelia raised her eyebrows. Seems to me the only difference between your friends and your enemies is how long the stand around chatting before they shoot you.
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A weapon is a device for making your enemy change his mind.
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Children might or might not be a blessing, but to create them and then fail them was surely damnation.
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The gods give no gifts without hooks embedded.
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If you can't be seven feet tall, be seven feet smart.
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Have you ever heard the phrase, Living well is the best revenge? Where I come from, someone's head in a bag is generally considered the best revenge
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From fried witchetty grubs to gold-plated turnips, when you're a writer you never know what's going to appear on your plate next. It keeps a woman alert, it does.
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For me, writing is more a process of discovering the book than planning it.
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The will to be stupid is a very powerful force, but there are always alternatives.
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I am not a fate worse than death, dammit!
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I am an atheist, myself. A simple faith, but a great comfort to me, in these last days.
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Suicidal glory is the luxury of the irresponsible.
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You couldn't be that good and not know it, somewhere in your secret heart, however much you'd been abused into affecting public humility.
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What you are is a question only you can answer.
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If you make it plain you like people, it's hard for them to resist liking you back.
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One step at a time, I can walk around the world. Watch me.
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Surely only correct understanding could lead to correct action.
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A price is something you get. A cost is something you lose.
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Do it for yourself. The universe will be around to collect its cut later.
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If the truth doesn't save us, what does that say about us?
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