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John Shirley quotes: A man must make of his life a ladder that he never ceases to climb if you're not rising, you are slipping down the rungs, my friend.

A man must make of his life a ladder that he never ceases to climb
if you're not rising, you are slipping down the rungs, my friend.

John Shirley quotes: As far as I know Misha wrote the first cyberpunk poetry.

As far as I know Misha wrote the first cyberpunk poetry.

John Shirley quotes: So you see, a man's history when other folks tell it is a pitiful confusion.

So you see, a man's history when other folks tell it is a pitiful confusion.

John Shirley quotes: I'm cursed with empathy. I'm also by nature way too opinionated.

I'm cursed with empathy. I'm also by nature way too opinionated.

John Shirley quotes: I get drunk writing words. I don't drink or do drugs, but I get so carried away with writing that I get inebriated from it.

I get drunk writing words. I don't drink or do drugs, but I get so carried away with writing that I get inebriated from it.

John Shirley quotes: I'm incapable of writing without social commentary. I like to think that it's integrated and not really heavy handedly didactic.

I'm incapable of writing without social commentary. I like to think that it's integrated and not really heavy handedly didactic.

John Shirley quotes: I'm not quite pompous enough to think of myself as an educator or a man capable of definitive refutation of falsehoods.

I'm not quite pompous enough to think of myself as an educator or a man capable of definitive refutation of falsehoods.

John Shirley quotes: The greater the scope in implementing an activity, the greater the need for strict attention to small details.

The greater the scope in implementing an activity, the greater the need for strict attention to small details.

John Shirley quotes: I'm disturbed when people let superstition, magical thinking, extreme conspiracy theories and so on blur their minds.

I'm disturbed when people let superstition, magical thinking, extreme conspiracy theories and so on blur their minds.

John Shirley quotes: When you serve a beer-cock an ear.

When you serve a beer-cock an ear.

John Shirley quotes: Social conventions were avenues as much as barriers.

Social conventions were avenues as much as barriers.

John Shirley quotes: Weekends are a bit like rainbows; they look good from a distance but disappear when you get up close to them.

Weekends are a bit like rainbows; they look good from a distance but disappear when you get up close to them.

John Shirley quotes: Innocence could be considered a discrete state of mind.

Innocence could be considered a discrete state of mind.

John Shirley quotes: I'm just the kind of person who seems designed, probably by nature, to try to make a difference.

I'm just the kind of person who seems designed, probably by nature, to try to make a difference.

John Shirley quotes: If the modern world were a patient in my care... I would diagnose it suicidal." - Dr. Sofia Lamb

If the modern world were a patient in my care... I would diagnose it suicidal." - Dr. Sofia Lamb

John Shirley quotes: I think paranoia can be instructive in the right doses. Paranoia is a skill.

I think paranoia can be instructive in the right doses. Paranoia is a skill.

John Shirley quotes: I'm trying to trick people into thinking about the unthinkable by using pop culture images.

I'm trying to trick people into thinking about the unthinkable by using pop culture images.

John Shirley quotes: It was like the Iran/Contra hearings in the last century; then, too, the investigators had looked just so far and no further.

It was like the Iran/Contra hearings in the last century; then, too, the investigators had looked just so far and no further.

John Shirley quotes: He had know guys all his life who gave him that feeling. Even as a kid. People who were always lying, even when they didn't have to.

He had know guys all his life who gave him that feeling. Even as a kid. People who were always lying, even when they didn't have to.

John Shirley quotes: People in extreme conditions are suddenly naked, realer than normal, perhaps even more alive.

People in extreme conditions are suddenly naked, realer than normal, perhaps even more alive.

John Shirley quotes: the so-called free world was a dictatorship that used media and conformist conditioning to enforce its dominion.

the so-called free world was a dictatorship that used media and conformist conditioning to enforce its dominion.

John Shirley quotes: I do sometimes watch 'Dr. Who' and while the stories barely make sense, if at all, the doctor is such great company I don't care.

I do sometimes watch 'Dr. Who' and while the stories barely make sense, if at all, the doctor is such great company I don't care.

John Shirley quotes: No Gods Or Kings. Only Man. -Andrew Ryan

No Gods Or Kings. Only Man. -Andrew Ryan