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The company is like an evil vending machine, you put money in and it does what you want, unless somebody else puts more money in and tells it to stop.

— Martha Wells Exit Strategy (2018)

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For a being as sophisticated as you are, it is baffling how little understanding you have of the composition of your own mind.

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