But to fight something, you ...

But to fight something, you really have to try to understand its motivations—particularly when the something you’re fighting holds most of the cards, the deck is stacked against you, and the whole gambling hall is on fire and filled with thugs.
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 Greg Bear

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Once, poets were magicians. Poets were strong, stronger than warriors or kings — stronger than old hapless gods. And they will be strong once again.
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Grief is not productive. It simply represents an inefficiency in accepting change of status.
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When all hopes are lost, only then does reality acquire that sharp focus that defines who we are and what we have become.
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You deserve whoever governs you ... Everyone is responsible for the actions of their leaders.
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Ray Bradbury is, for many reasons, the most influential writer in my life. Throughout our long friendship, Ray supplied not only his terrific stories but a grand model of what a writer could be, should be, and yet rarely is: brilliant and charming and accessible, willing to tolerate and to teach, happy to inspire but also to be inspired.
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