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Doesn’t matter how old the speaker is, it’s the words that matter.

— Cory Doctorow The Man Who Sold The Moon (2014)

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As someone once said, "Just because you're not interested in politics does not mean that politics won't be interested in you."

Any time someone puts a lock on something you own against your wishes, and doesn't give you the key, they're not doing it for your benefit.

All evil in the world is the result of an imbalance between the people who benefit from shenanigans and the people who get screwed by shenanigans.

Petard: A Tale of Just Deserts (2014)

Things are true or they aren’t, no matter how old the person saying them happens to be.

The Man Who Sold The Moon (2014)

It is a mistake to let aesthetics drive your rational decision making.

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Strength of creative writing lies in the skill of handling words and articulating artistic expression of feelings.”

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The free-lance writer is a man who is paid per piece or per word or perhaps.

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Three sleepless nights I passed in sounding on,
Through words and things, a dim and perilous way.

William Wordsworth Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed (1919)

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