"I categorically declare first my absolute innocence, second my lack of criminal intent, and third my effusive apologies."

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Source : Jack Vance (1950). “The Dying Earth”, p.199, Spatterlight Press

Jack Vance

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“Throughout life, from childhood, from school until we die, we are taught to compare ourselves with another; yet when I compare myself with another I am destroying myself.”
“Powerful people do not try to control other people. They know it doesn't work, and that it's not their job. Their job is to control themselves.”

Source : Danny Silk, Bob Hasson (2017). “The Business of Honor: Restoring the Heart of Business”, p.41, BookBaby
“I love going shopping. I have a black belt in it.”
“I think like almost everything in evolution, the old forms persist. New forms come along - not always, of course; there are species and whole lineages that go extinct - but basically novels and plays, and so on, will continue to exist. Jokes, as the lowest-cost form of narrative, will certainly continue to exist. They're a bit like microbes in the biological world. They're low-cost and they're everywhere. They're the most successful form of life, even though they're not the ones we think about most.”
“Women need to shift form thinking "I'm not ready to do that" to thinking "I want to do that- and I'll learn by doing it.”
“If, however, one factor is too successful, it will continue to be the winning factor regardless of the variation in the other factors over the range of variation in the conditions, and therefore will stifle the development of other advantageous factors until the conditions change sufficiently that it no longer is the winning factor. At this point, the whole population is ill prepared for the change, and may well perish entirely if the winning factor accidentally becomes the matching factor for a disease or a predator.”

Source : "O'reilly subjugated to the Lisp juggenaut". Usenet discussion groups, groups.google.com. January 18, 2004.
“The best of life is to embark on an adventure with a woman interested in having an adventure with you.”
“I watched a TV documentary about how animals are farmed, killed and prepared for us to eat. I saw all those cows and pigs and realized I couldn't be a part of it any more. It was horrible. I did some research to make sure I could still obtain enough protein to fight and, once satisfied that I could, I stopped. I'll never go back.”

Source : "PETA’s Sexiest Vegan Celebrities of 2014: Thandie Newton and David Haye Nab Top Honours!". www.peta.org.uk. December 23, 2014.

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