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Jack McDevitt Quotes: The Peacekeepers had a tradition that every problem had a solution. It was a nice slogan. Wasn't true, but it sounded good.
         

The Peacekeepers had a tradition that every problem had a solution. It was a nice slogan. Wasn't true, but it sounded good.


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It is not faith per se that creates the problem; it is conviction, the notion that one cannot be wrong, that opposing views are necessarily invalid and may even be intolerable.

It is not faith per se that creates the problem; it is conviction, the notion that one cannot be wrong, that opposing views are necessarily invalid and may even be intolerable.



The uplifters are forever running around telling blockheads they would do better if they would believe in themselves. But they already do. That is why they are blockheads.

The uplifters are forever running around telling blockheads they would do better if they would believe in themselves. But they already do. That is why they are blockheads.



The measure of a civilization is in the courage, not of its soldiers, but of its bystanders.

The measure of a civilization is in the courage, not of its soldiers, but of its bystanders.



... the truth is that when your people don't tell you what you need to know, it's a failure of leadership.

... the truth is that when your people don't tell you what you need to know, it's a failure of leadership.



We could never know who we truly were until we heard the whispers of the stars.

We could never know who we truly were until we heard the whispers of the stars.



Boundaries have no existence save on charts or in small minds. Nature does not draw lines.

Boundaries have no existence save on charts or in small minds. Nature does not draw lines.



Man has always seen himself the peak of creation. The part of the universe that thinks. The purpose for it all. It's no doubt a gratifying view, but the universe may have a different opinion.

Man has always seen himself the peak of creation. The part of the universe that thinks. The purpose for it all. It's no doubt a gratifying view, but the universe may have a different opinion.



Show me what a people admire, and I will tell you everything about them that matters.

Show me what a people admire, and I will tell you everything about them that matters.



Universal deities ... never seem to smile. Not in any culture. What's the point of having omnipotence if you don't enjoy it?

Universal deities ... never seem to smile. Not in any culture. What's the point of having omnipotence if you don't enjoy it?



The problem is that too often the only people who can act don't want change. Power doesn't so much corrupt as it breeds conservatism.

The problem is that too often the only people who can act don't want change. Power doesn't so much corrupt as it breeds conservatism.





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Get this through your head — you are not responsible for other people's happiness.

Get this through your head — you are not responsible for other people's happiness.



Our fear of not mattering much has the potential to draw us away from what matters most.

Our fear of not mattering much has the potential to draw us away from what matters most.



I don't edit information, I follow it.

I don't edit information, I follow it.



The more we treasure the words of the prophets and apply them the better we will recognize when we are drifting off course-even if only by a matter of a few degrees.

The more we treasure the words of the prophets and apply them the better we will recognize when we are drifting off course-even if only by a matter of a few degrees.



Love is the real nuclear bomb that destroys all our enemies, because when we love all living beings, we have no enemies.

Love is the real nuclear bomb that destroys all our enemies, because when we love all living beings, we have no enemies.



Splendidly mendacious. [Lat., Splendide mendax.]

Splendidly mendacious. [Lat., Splendide mendax.]



Two quilters who have just met will be strangers only until their mutual passion for quilting is revealed. Then they can talk for hours like the best of friends.

Two quilters who have just met will be strangers only until their mutual passion for quilting is revealed. Then they can talk for hours like the best of friends.



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Your humans slaughter each other because of the color of your skin, or your faith or your plitics -- or for no reason at all -- too many of you hate as easily as you draw breath. - Magneto

Your humans slaughter each other because of the color of your skin, or your faith or your plitics -- or for no reason at all -- too many of you hate as easily as you draw breath. - Magneto



I love drag queens... they perform me better than I ever could myself.

I love drag queens... they perform me better than I ever could myself.




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