"I have more information in one place than anybody in the world."

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Jerry Pournelle

#World Quotes #Information Quotes

“Opportunity dances with those already on the dance floor.”
“Living in an orgy of unrestrained consumption and economic growth accompanied by population expansion that ignores the carrying capacity of local environments will lead to disaster”
“Lies. Mab cannot change who you are.”
“And where the deepest current crawls/ Like thistledown the dainty fly falls./ Then from the depths a silver gleam/ Quick flashes, like a jewel bright./ Up through the waters of the stream/ An instant visible to sight/ As lightning cleaves to sombre sky/ A rainbow rises to the fly.”
“To fly up to the sky and watch the earth is beautiful; to fly down to the earth and watch the sky is even more beautiful!”
“[Professor Bragg asserts that] In sodium chloride there appear to be no molecules represented by NaCl. The equality in number of sodium and chlorine atoms is arrived at by a chess-board pattern of these atoms; it is a result of geometry and not of a pairing-off of the atoms.”
“How much energy they put into harming each other. How little into saving.”
“I've always wanted to work with Elizabeth Banks. She's so talented and funny, and she's become this force of nature - directing, producing. Being around her is kind of inspiring.”

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