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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
Lois McMaster Bujold
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Lois McMaster Bujold
Age: 74
Born: 1949
Born: November 2
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When I go down into the ground at last, as God is my judge, I pray my best-beloved may have better to say of me than, He didn't hit me.
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If you ever have to make a choice between learning and inspiration, choose learning. It works most of the time.
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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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Never underestimate the human capacity for wishful thinking and willful blindness,' said Miles. Such as a whole society of people who became so wrapped up in avoiding death, they forgot to be alive?
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