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If you hack the Vatican server, have you tampered in God's domain?
Luck consists largely of hanging on by your fingernails until things start to go your way.
Feminism is sort of like God. Many people profess to believe in it, but no one seems to be able to define it to everyone's satisfaction.
That was interesting." "He deliberately countermanded one of my orders." "He was furtive." "Sneaky, even." "We'll make a Rebellion-style pilot of him yet." Tycho & Wedge (about Jag)
The good thing about being Dr. Frankenstein is that you can always make new friends.
Rogue Squadron doesn't run. Unless we really, really have to.
I don't know. Your the Jedi Master, you figure it out.
Life is like an analogy.
Luke, I don't want to discourage your curiosity, but I have to remind you, if something goes wrong, this is an exceptionally embarassing way to die." Mara
There are times when the end justifies the means. But when you build an argument based on a whole series of such times, you may find that you've constructed an entire philosophy of evil." --Luke Skywalker
Ennui and lethargy are waging a war inside me.
The difference between tragedy and comedy: Tragedy is something awful happening to somebody else, while comedy is something awful happening to somebody else.
The way to a man's heart is through his chest.
No, they can't. They can't be Luke Skywalker.
Luke, I don't want to discourage your curiosity, but I have to remind you, if something goes wrong, this is an exceptionally embarassing way to die.Mara
The principle of Sturgeon's Razor states that the simplest answer to any problem is 90% crap.
Lawyers are the first refuge of the incompetent.
Definition of 'Free': You pay for it whether or not you elect to receive it.
No, General. I'm not your subordinate. And what I'm coming dangerously close to is violence. -General Wedge Antilles
Sometimes to heal, you must first get hurt.
Oh, wonderful. I killed his father. He hates me. He knows how to make bombs. Come on, Wedge, how does this story end?
There are two types of people in the world, and I'm one of them.
Any sufficiently badly-written science is indistinguishable from magic.
When all else fails, complicate matters.
I really can't complain about actresses who get paid to be dumb. Most of us can't get paid to be smart.
I'm content to stand on tradition. I'm even more content to wipe my feet on it.
The analysis of the thing is not the thing itself.
When all else fails, complicate matters
No one pays me to be nice.
Tycho, we're about to achieve a tremendous victory we don't want." "We'll put that in your biography. General Antilles was so good he couldn't fail when he tried to." "Thanks." Wedge & Tycho
Obviously a fake Kyp. You distract him. I'll shoot him under the table." Han (to Leia)
At which time the repulsor puts out its final effort and slows you down so you crash quite slowly into the surface." "Crash." "Quite slowly." Face & Luke
I have to say, this sounds like the worst idea in a thousand generations of bad ideas." "You haven't heard all our ideas." Luke & Bhindi Drayson
I marked their location in case Kell wanted to blow them up or something.â? â??I donâ??t have to blow up everything I see. I just like to.
The principle of Sturgeon's Razor states that the simplest answer to any problem is 90% crap
The chief difference between horror fans and science fiction fans lies in why they won't walk backwards. A horror fan won't walk backwards because he knows he'll be knifed by a madman. A science fiction fan won't walk backwards because he knows he'll step on the cat.

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