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Michael Crichton
Age: 66 †
Born: 1942
Born: October 23
Died: 2008
Died: November 4
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The extreme positions of the Crossfire Syndrome require extreme simplification - framing the debate in terms which ignore the real issues.
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The best doctors found a middle position where they were neither overwhelmed by their feelings nor estranged from them. That was the most difficult position of all, and the precise balance - neither too detached nor too caring - was something few learned.
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If you gamble long enough, you'll always lose -- the gambler is always ruined.
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They always say they didn't. I never heard of one who said, 'You know, I deserve this.' Never happens.
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The minute we look, we cease being afraid.
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The notion that the natural world obeys its own rules and doesn't give a damn about your expectations comes as a massive shock. But the natural world is not so malleable. On the contrary, it will demand that you adapt to it - and if you don't, you die.
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When I sit down in front of a Windows machine, I can't write when I sit down in front of my Mac, I can write. So I only use Macs.
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I was raised with the idea that if you're not smart enough to do science you can do politics.
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