"We learn nothing from history except that we learn nothing from history."

-- Marcus Tullius Cicero

“Why should he who is scared be careful?”
“Obi-Wan understands that the best thing he can do is contribute something positive to the world around him and then to leave. And if he does that, he will in some ways live forever because the good influence of what he did will be felt. It may sound corny but that's kind of the way I feel about contributing to Star Wars characters. It isn't about me. It's about the story. It's about the mythology of Star Wars and the moral implications of that mythology.”

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“The edifice of science not only requires material, but also a plan. Without the material, the plan alone is but a castle in the air-a mere possibility; whilst the material without a plan is but useless matter.”
“You can skim those stage directions and go right to the dialogue. You can almost read the movie in the same amount of time it will take you to see the movie.”
“Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.”
“A fully developed bureaucratic mechanism stands in the same relationship to other forms as does the machine to the non-mechanical production of goods. Precision, speed, clarity, documentary ability, continuity, discretion, unity, rigid subordination, reduction of friction and material and personal expenses are unique to bureaucratic organization.”
“In appropriate circumstances we are justified in using humans to achieve goals (or the goal of assisting animals).”
“How you respond to the challenge in the second half will determine what you become after the game, whether you are a winner or a loser.”

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