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The recruit was Sam McCain; in one of our lunch sessions I recalled Sarah O’Connell describing him as more mouth than brain. Unsurprisingly, he’d been in sales most of his life.

— John Scalzi Old Man’s War (2005)

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Some people are just no good at not being in charge.

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You don’t win by getting through all your life not having done anything.

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When power is within reach, few will wait patiently for it.

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“It’s Charlie’s soul,” he repeated. “Or more accurately, it’s a holographic representation of the dynamic electrical system that embodies the consciousness of Charles Boutin.”

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Teenagers can be idiotic and stupid, but teenagers also model their behavior from the signals they get from adults.

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