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All the common people want is to be left alone. All the ordinary soldier wants is to collect his pay and not get killed. That's why the great forces of history can be manipulated by astonishingly small groups of determined people.
Orson Scott Card
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Orson Scott Card
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: August 24
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But whether there's some grand design really matters little to me. My only hope was this: to see what might be, to believe that it should be, and then to do all I could to bring it to pass, whatever the cost.
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Science isn't done by consensus. It's done by rigorous testing.
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Well, how do I know that they don't know the answer unless I ask?
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