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41 " They don’t want us to come together! And you know why? Because they’re afraid of what we have to say, and they don’t care what we want! "
― Vincent H. O'Neil , A Pause in the Perpetual Rotation (The Unused Path)
42 " You can play dumb, yes?""I may do it permanently. Look where being clever got me. "
43 " Our world is full of people who want to tell you how to live and what to think, and they become very dangerous when anyone says no to that. "
44 " What could possibly be the harm of an iron orthodoxy like that? "
45 " The robots tell me a lot, and they’re everywhere, but their analysis only goes so far and they have no instincts. You want info, consult the machines. You want insight, talk to people. "
46 " I do what I want, to who I want, and you all tell yourselves Fouche is a bad guy, but he’s our bad guy. You guv people make no sense, but I can always count on you to open that cell door. "
47 " You’re objecting to the free exchange of ideas at a place of learning. "
48 " The nose didn’t make Pinocchio a liar. It just ratted him out when he was fibbing. "
49 " AIs have their logic, and we have ours, and they noticed our logic can be pretty illogical. "
50 " Acquisition, acquisition, acquisition, merger! Until there was only one business left in every field. "
51 " They’re following programming designed by AIs that have been making up their own rules for years. No one understands how the robots work anymore. "
52 " The AIs constantly gather data, especially on humanity. They make some of their biggest decisions based on observed human behavior, both good and bad. "
53 " Muriel tossed the earbud away. An identical thought surged through the group: I’m not going to die with somebody yacking in my ear. "
54 " Locked up four years for something I didn’t do. But I got away with worse, so no I don’t have a grudge against you Peace Ministry types. "
55 " One of these days I’m gonna hear that the Tigers came in here and cleaned you all out! And you know what I’m gonna do? I’m gonna laugh like I never laughed before! "