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L.E. Modesitt Jr. quotes: We all might be in less trouble if we did not speak, I sometimes think. We all might be in less trouble if we did not speak, I sometimes think.
L.E. Modesitt Jr. quotes: Tried hard, he did, but trying's not doing. Tried hard, he did, but trying's not doing.
L.E. Modesitt Jr. quotes: An accurate fact in an incorrect context is an effective lie. As An accurate fact in an incorrect context is an effective lie. As
L.E. Modesitt Jr. quotes: The Russians have a saying. Offer a man a finger, and he will take your hand - if not your arm. The Russians have a saying. Offer a man a finger, and he will take your hand - if not your arm.
L.E. Modesitt Jr. quotes: To that which is born, death is certain; to that which is dead, birth is certain. To that which is born, death is certain; to that which is dead, birth is certain.
L.E. Modesitt Jr. quotes: I'm not sure there are too many people who write what I write. I'm not sure there are too many people who write what I write.
L.E. Modesitt Jr. quotes: Someone in my country made a comment along the lines that solutions are always possible if you are willing to let someone else take the credit. Someone in my country made a comment along the lines that solutions are always possible if you are willing to let someone else take the credit.
L.E. Modesitt Jr. quotes: If the body is unmastered, the mind will remain unmastered. If the body is unmastered, the mind will remain unmastered.
L.E. Modesitt Jr. quotes: Too often, especially in democratic societies, people mistook the mechanisms of power for power itself. Too often, especially in democratic societies, people mistook the mechanisms of power for power itself.
L.E. Modesitt Jr. quotes: Life offers no theology. There is but music and dance. Life offers no theology. There is but music and dance.
L.E. Modesitt Jr. quotes: Never mistake law for justice. Justice is an ideal, and law is a tool. Never mistake law for justice. Justice is an ideal, and law is a tool.
L.E. Modesitt Jr. quotes: One can never conclusively prove an idea, only disprove it. One can never conclusively prove an idea, only disprove it.
L.E. Modesitt Jr. quotes: If you're not practical, I've found, it can be difficult to hold on to your ideals, If you're not practical, I've found, it can be difficult to hold on to your ideals,
L.E. Modesitt Jr. quotes: The difference between truth and honesty is the difference between the riverbed and the river. The difference between truth and honesty is the difference between the riverbed and the river.
L.E. Modesitt Jr. quotes: The empty quarter, the empty half, the empty outside of a full beaker ... why are these the things he looks for? The empty quarter, the empty half, the empty outside of a full beaker ... why are these the things he looks for?
L.E. Modesitt Jr. quotes: Political science came into being as alchemy was being discredited, although history has since proved that alchemy had a better record. Political science came into being as alchemy was being discredited, although history has since proved that alchemy had a better record.
L.E. Modesitt Jr. quotes: Didn't need to fear the Lord on Josephat either, just the idiots who thought they knew His will. Didn't need to fear the Lord on Josephat either, just the idiots who thought they knew His will.
L.E. Modesitt Jr. quotes: Were all of us who were furcated across the Web misintegrals of one sort or another? From religious delusionals to obsessed perfectionists? Were all of us who were furcated across the Web misintegrals of one sort or another? From religious delusionals to obsessed perfectionists?
L.E. Modesitt Jr. quotes: Was there really something to the obsolete idea of a national character? Some countries just changed tyrants, without changing anything else. Was there really something to the obsolete idea of a national character? Some countries just changed tyrants, without changing anything else.
L.E. Modesitt Jr. quotes: According to my royalty statements, 'The Green Progression' sold 392 copies in hardcover. According to my royalty statements, 'The Green Progression' sold 392 copies in hardcover.
L.E. Modesitt Jr. quotes: Professional interrogators should study mothers. Professional interrogators should study mothers.
L.E. Modesitt Jr. quotes: Was attraction and repulsion all a matter of appearances? Or preconceptions? Was attraction and repulsion all a matter of appearances? Or preconceptions?
L.E. Modesitt Jr. quotes: Hindsight is a lousy gardener, as my father always said. Hindsight is a lousy gardener, as my father always said.
L.E. Modesitt Jr. quotes: Energy is matter, and vice versa, and if you can control energy through your mind, theoretically the rest follows. Energy is matter, and vice versa, and if you can control energy through your mind, theoretically the rest follows.
L.E. Modesitt Jr. quotes: When the complexity of social patterning is reduced, so is individual freedom. When the complexity of social patterning is reduced, so is individual freedom.
L.E. Modesitt Jr. quotes: There are two sides to reality. There is what is, and there is what people believe. Seldom There are two sides to reality. There is what is, and there is what people believe. Seldom
L.E. Modesitt Jr. quotes: If I recall correctly, I think I signed my first contract with Tor in 1983. If I recall correctly, I think I signed my first contract with Tor in 1983.
L.E. Modesitt Jr. quotes: What I still didn't understand was how women could vote in a patriarchal, polygamous society and yet how they clearly voted to support the theocracy. What I still didn't understand was how women could vote in a patriarchal, polygamous society and yet how they clearly voted to support the theocracy.
L.E. Modesitt Jr. quotes: A culture that blames the rest of the world or the rest of the galaxy for its ills is likely to stoop to anything. One A culture that blames the rest of the world or the rest of the galaxy for its ills is likely to stoop to anything. One
L.E. Modesitt Jr. quotes: Most people don't care who rules, as long as their lives don't change. Most people don't care who rules, as long as their lives don't change.
L.E. Modesitt Jr. quotes: Hatred is a form of faith, distilled by passion to remove all rationality. Hatred is a form of faith, distilled by passion to remove all rationality.
L.E. Modesitt Jr. quotes: The headline is good - 'World-Renowned Pair Open Concert Reason. The headline is good - 'World-Renowned Pair Open Concert Reason.
L.E. Modesitt Jr. quotes: The tongue of the adder, visible only briefly, is a small matter. The tongue of the adder, visible only briefly, is a small matter.
L.E. Modesitt Jr. quotes: Good principles and feelings are far from enough to ensure peace and prosperity - or free actions for people. Good principles and feelings are far from enough to ensure peace and prosperity - or free actions for people.
L.E. Modesitt Jr. quotes: All life is structure. All life is structure.
L.E. Modesitt Jr. quotes: Most people did think that way, unable to look beyond the letter of the rules or what they believed. Most people did think that way, unable to look beyond the letter of the rules or what they believed.
L.E. Modesitt Jr. quotes: No society that places the individual above itself will survive; but neither will any society that places the individual below itself. No society that places the individual above itself will survive; but neither will any society that places the individual below itself.
L.E. Modesitt Jr. quotes: They say you can do anything with plastique except play with sparks, but I still treat things that can blow you apart with respect. It can't hurt. They say you can do anything with plastique except play with sparks, but I still treat things that can blow you apart with respect. It can't hurt.
L.E. Modesitt Jr. quotes: The great fault of logic is that it seems so reasonable, even when it is not. The great fault of logic is that it seems so reasonable, even when it is not.
L.E. Modesitt Jr. quotes: In a technological society, the practice of completely private property cannot exist. In a technological society, the practice of completely private property cannot exist.
L.E. Modesitt Jr. quotes: Music must lead people, don't you think?" asked Thies. "If it follows whatever the popular taste happens to be, then what's its value? Music must lead people, don't you think?" asked Thies. "If it follows whatever the popular taste happens to be, then what's its value?
L.E. Modesitt Jr. quotes: 'The One-Eyed Man' is a novel that was one I never intended to write. 'The One-Eyed Man' is a novel that was one I never intended to write.
L.E. Modesitt Jr. quotes: Power beyond great power allows honesty and compels those in such a society to demand it. Power beyond great power allows honesty and compels those in such a society to demand it.
L.E. Modesitt Jr. quotes: Amazing how what you didn't have kept coming to mind. Amazing how what you didn't have kept coming to mind.
L.E. Modesitt Jr. quotes: The unexpected only means that which you have not expected. The unexpected only means that which you have not expected.
L.E. Modesitt Jr. quotes: If you do good because you expect to be rewarded, it is greed. If you do good because you expect to be rewarded, it is greed.
L.E. Modesitt Jr. quotes: The difference between an explanation and an excuse lies with the one receiving it. The difference between an explanation and an excuse lies with the one receiving it.
L.E. Modesitt Jr. quotes: Always harder, isn't it, when you start to care again? Always harder, isn't it, when you start to care again?
L.E. Modesitt Jr. quotes: I only did about one novel a year while I was working full time, but since 1993, I've averaged two and a half books a year. I only did about one novel a year while I was working full time, but since 1993, I've averaged two and a half books a year.
L.E. Modesitt Jr. quotes: A chronometer will measure intervals precisely, but not the passage of time. A chronometer will measure intervals precisely, but not the passage of time.
L.E. Modesitt Jr. quotes: As usual, they'd missed the point, almost as if on purpose. As usual, they'd missed the point, almost as if on purpose.
L.E. Modesitt Jr. quotes: I kept watching the trees, as if I could see them grow or something. They didn't. The only thing that grew was their shadows. I kept watching the trees, as if I could see them grow or something. They didn't. The only thing that grew was their shadows.
L.E. Modesitt Jr. quotes: Minds, like parachutes, function better when open, but, like fists, they strike harder when closed. Minds, like parachutes, function better when open, but, like fists, they strike harder when closed.
L.E. Modesitt Jr. quotes: Out of deference to tradition I did wear a hat to church, weddings, ceremonial occasions, and when my head was cold. Out of deference to tradition I did wear a hat to church, weddings, ceremonial occasions, and when my head was cold.
L.E. Modesitt Jr. quotes: Every individual's face is no more and no less than a mask. Every individual's face is no more and no less than a mask.
L.E. Modesitt Jr. quotes: Humans were eventually irrational creatures gifted with the power of rationality. Humans were eventually irrational creatures gifted with the power of rationality.
L.E. Modesitt Jr. quotes: Love of another is merely empty flattery and self-deception for one who cannot accept himself without pretense. Love of another is merely empty flattery and self-deception for one who cannot accept himself without pretense.
L.E. Modesitt Jr. quotes: the most important thing was to show strength of will, not when matters were going well, but when they were going badly. the most important thing was to show strength of will, not when matters were going well, but when they were going badly.
L.E. Modesitt Jr. quotes: Of necessity, you will have to maintain her respect becasue I will not have my sister ever disrespected." Bhayar Of necessity, you will have to maintain her respect becasue I will not have my sister ever disrespected." Bhayar
L.E. Modesitt Jr. quotes: All life is sorrow. All life is sorrow.

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