In hindsight it may even seem inevitable that a socialist society will starve when it runs out of … - Larry Niven

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I love women. I'm crazy about them. I have a beautiful wife, who's the greatest thing that's ever happened to me, and I teach my son to respect women and other people's position in the world, whatever it is.

Larry Niven

In hindsight it may even seem inevitable that a socialist society will starve when it runs out of capitalists.

Hindsight, May, Running, Runs, Society, Starve

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The reader has certain rights. He bought your story. Think of this as an implicit contract. He's entitled to be entertained, instructed, amused; maybe all three. If he quits in the middle, or puts the book down feeling his time has been wasted, you're in violation.

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Ethics change with technology.

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Intelligence is just a tool to be used toward a goal, and goals are not always chosen intelligently.

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There were timelines branching and branching, a mega-universe of universes, millions more every minute. Billions? Trillions? The universe split every time someone made a decision. Split, so that every decision ever made could go both ways. Every choice made by every man, woman, and child was reversed in the universe next door.

Child, Children, Choice, Choices Made, Men, Universe

Everything starts as somebody's daydream.

Daydream, Dream, Dreamer, Everything, Love, Starts

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There wasn't enough gratitude in the world for a server who kept drinks coming at a time like this.

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East Yorkshire, to the uninitiated, just looks like a lot of little hills. But it does have these marvelous valleys that were caused by glaciers, not rivers. So it is unusual.

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Positive reinforcement generates more behavior than is minimally required. We call this discretionary effort, and its presence in the workplace is the only way an organization can maximize performance.

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