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I think 99 percent of women's lib comes from technology making different kinds of lives possible, and then the social adjustment follows the technology - it doesn't precede it.
Lois McMaster Bujold
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Lois McMaster Bujold
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: November 2
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Never argue with a pedant over nomenclature. It wastes your time and annoys the pedant.
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If you can't be seven feet tall, be seven feet smart.
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The dead cannot cry out for justice. It is a duty of the living to do so for them.
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There is no more hollow feeling than to stand with your honor shattered at your feet while soaring public reputation wraps you in rewards. That's soul-destroying. The other way around is merely very, very irritating.
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I'd storm heaven for you, if I knew where it was.
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Do it for yourself. The universe will be around to collect its cut later.
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My home is not a place, it is people.
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It's an ancient and honorable term for the final step in any engineering project. Turn it on, see if it smokes.
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It was suicide, wasn't it? In an involuntary sort of way, said Vorob'yev. These Cetagandan political suicides can get awfully messy, when the principal won't cooperate. Thirty-two stab wounds in the back, worst case of suicide they ever saw? murmured Ivan, clearly fascinated by the gossip. Exactly, my lord.
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I wanted to give you a victory. But by their essential nature triumphs can’t be given.
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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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I don't confuse greatness with perfection. To be great anyhow is the higher achievement.
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Bleeding ulcers run in my family, we give them to each other.
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But have you ever overheard two women discussing men? Men are crude liars, comparing their drabs, but women - I'd rather have [an] anatomist dissect me alive than to listen to the things the ladies say about us when they think they are alone.
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Surely only correct understanding could lead to correct action.
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Some prices are just too high, no matter how much you may want the prize. The one thing you can't trade for your heart's desire is your heart.
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