The slickest way in the world to lie is to tell the right amount of truth at the right time-and then shut up.
("Stranger in a Strange Land")
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A great artist can look at an old woman, portray her exactly as she is... and force the viewer to see the pretty girl she used to be... more than that he can make anyone with the sensitivity of an armidillo see that this lovely young girl is still alive, prisoned inside her ruined body.Robert A. Heinlein
There ain't no such thing as a free lunch.
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Don't ever become a pessimist... a pessimist is correct oftener than an optimist, but an optimist has more fun, and neither can stop the march of events.
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One could write a history of science in reverse by assembling the solemn pronouncements of highest authority about what could not be done and could never happen.
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That's a subject as safe as being in favor of Christmas.
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For me, politeness is a sine qua non of civilization.
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