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"The laws of probability not only permit coincidences; they absolutely insist on them."
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Charles SheffieldThere is nothing more alien to a modern American than yesterday’s empi — Charles Sheffield
"There is nothing more alien to a modern American than yesterday’s empires, with their arbitrary imperial powers, their cruelty, and their casual control over life and death."
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Charles Sheffield, was an English-born mathematician, physicist, and science-fiction writer who served as a President of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America and of the American Astronautical Society.
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"The more foolproof you think something is, the worse the failure when it happens."
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"War was senseless. And yet war came creeping steadily closer."
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"To a political mind, everything is politics."
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"“It sounds reasonable to me.” “Reasonable, but not true. Big difference.”"
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"Luck is infatuated with the efficient."
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