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It's just that no one wants to be the one being rescued, we all want to do the rescuing.
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A young man without ambition is an old man waiting to be.
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True heroics must be carefully planned - and strenuously avoided.
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You can't put something together again unless you've torn it apart first.
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Most people seem to take pleasure in feeling superior to someone. I'm not like that, which pleases me because it makes me feel superior.
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It is always man's ideas which drive his actions. This has, at times, resulted in great evil; but as we look around us, we cannot doubt that it has resulted in greater good.
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There is no excuse for bad manners, except fast reflexes.
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Don't explain why it works; explain how you use it.
Steven Brust
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The struggle is always worthwhile, if the end be worthwhile and the means honorable; foreknowledge of defeat is not sufficient reason to withdraw from the contest.
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Always speak politely to an enraged Dragon.
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Appropriate action means to advance your own goals, without unintentional harm to anyone else.
Steven Brust