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“This is a grim business. There’s nothing romantic about harassing an overwhelming power with no hope of winning.”
“If he knows he can’t win, why does he do it?”
“To avoid losing.”
“That sounds profound, but it doesn’t make a hell of a lot of sense,” said Cain.

— Mike Resnick Santiago: a Myth of the Far Future (1986)

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Man sells his soul to the devil, he spends the rest of his life trying to stockpile enough money to buy it back.

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Nobody reaches a position of authority without the ability to be a back-stabbing bastard when the chips are down.

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