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So I have failed you?" "Not at all. Your human frailties are not your fault."
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Seurat's flowmetal face gleamed in the lights from his update ship's cockpit. "Then I regret having been such an excellent teacher."
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We humans exist on hope. It's what separates us from thinking machines.
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If we give up our humanity to fight the machines, Zufa, then Omnius has already won!
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Serena grew angry. How could that representative worry about petty price tags, when the ultimate cost was so much higher? "We will all pay--in blood--if we do not do this. We must strengthen the League and the human species."
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Do you not have tribes? Rivalries?" "Of course," said Taref. "All of us do. I am the son of a Naib." "The third son of a Naib." Lillis said. "Because of my two older brothers, I will never rule the tribe."
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Vor stared for a moment at his own reflection in the familiar mirrored face, remembering some of the stupid jokes his friend had told and the innovative military games they had played together. Seurat had never harmed him in any way.
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The robot responded with surprising sarcasm. "I am aware of the various bodily orifices humans possess. Therefore, I invite you to take a power tool and insert it where the--"
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Poritrin nobles professed to follow gentle, bucolic Navachristianity, but their core beliefs did not extend to their daily lives. They had their festivals, and embraced religious trappings, but the Poritrin upper classes did little to demonstrate their true faith.
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Savant, doesn't it strike you as somewhat...hypocritical that we fight to keep humans free from the domination of machines, while at the same time some of our own League Worlds use slaves?
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Tell her nothing is impossible. Tell her that love is what separates humans from other living creatures, not hatred. Not violence--
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in preservation canisters, so they could be installed into any cymek walker. Now
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I can envision calculations all the way to infinity," she said, as if in a trance. "I don't have to write them down."
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environment where students could develop their mental skills through hours of uninterrupted meditation. Gilbertus had chosen this inhospitable area with a specific purpose in mind. He believed the danger and isolation would help focus the
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Do you know about the horrors during the Time of Titans? Or the Hrethgir Rebellions?" "I've read my father's memoirs in great detail--" "I don't mean Agamemnon's propaganda. Have you learned the real history?"
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I intend to create a new work of art, all my own. A still life, of sorts. You three will be vital parts of the process. Rejoice in your good fortune." In the sterile environment of the laboratory, with the cold assistance of his personal robot guards, Erasmus proceeded to vivisect the trio of victims, oblivious to their screams. "I want to get to the heart of the matter," he quipped, "the lifeblood of it."
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You will have to rebuild an entire city." Xavier looked at Rhengalid with little sympathy. "But you can do that only because you are alive and free."
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It is easy to look backward and cast blame on others, but more difficult to gaze ahead and take responsibility for your own decisions and your own future. --GRIFFIN HARKONNEN, final dispatch from Arrakis It
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Vor laughed, proud of his place here. He quoted what he'd been taught all his life. "I am the pinnacle of humanity--a trustee of Omnius, the son of General Agamemnon."
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Erasmus was like Serena in a sense: he frequently needed to prune and weed the human race in his own garden.
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A human captive had fought the machines! She had destroyed a robot with her own hands! Amazed, they called out her name.
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Discovery is dangerous . . . but so is life. A man unwilling to take risks is doomed never to learn, never to grow, never to live. --Planetologist Pardot Kynes, An Arrakis Primer, written for his son Liet
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The purpose of argument is to change the nature of truth. --Bene Gesserit Precept I
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The Universe operates on a basic principle of economics: everything has its cost. We pay to create our future, we pay for the mistakes of the past. We pay for every change we make ... and we pay just as dearly if we refuse to change. --Guild Bank Annals, Philosophical Register
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Music should make the spirit soar, take the breath away, touch the soul. Your work was just...pleasant tones, adequately performed.
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My father lied to me! He distorted the events, taking credit, hiding the extent of the brutality and suffering--even Omnius knew it. On the other hand, Serena had told him the truth.
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Dreams are as simple or as complicated as the dreamer. --LIET-KYNES,
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The Universe operates on a basic principle of economics: everything has its cost. We pay to create our future, we pay for the mistakes of the past. We pay for every change we make . . . and we pay just as dearly if we refuse to change. --Guild Bank Annals, Philosophical Register
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Politics is a tangled web, an intricate labyrinth, an ever-shifting kaleidoscopic pattern. And it is not pretty.
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Consciousness and logic are not reliable standards. --COGITORS, Fundamental Postulate
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Human imagination is a powerful thing. It can be a sanctuary from difficult times, a catalyst to change society, or the impetus to create marvelous works of art. On the other hand, an overabundance of imagination can inspire paranoia that impairs one's ability to interact with reality. --Suk School Manual, Psychological Studies
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The narrow mind erects stubborn barriers," her mother had once told her. "But against those barriers, words are formidable weapons."
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'I must not fear,' " she intoned, her eyes closed. " 'Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.' " It"
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Despite an appearance of infallibility, computer projections are not prescient. --TICIA CENVA, former leader of the Sorceresses of Rossak
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All life is a series of seemingly insignificant tasks and decisions, culminating in the definition of an individual and her purpose in life.
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When the shepherd is a wolf, the flock becomes only so much meat.
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