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If there's no game, isn't winning a pretty meaningless concept?
Lois McMaster Bujold
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Lois McMaster Bujold
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: November 2
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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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Too late, he recalled Miles's dictum that the reward for a job well done was usually a harder job.
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I am not schizoid. A little manic-depressive, maybe. 'Know thyself.' We try, sir.
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