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And for all my rampant technological optimism, sometimes I think I'd be more comfortable if I were regarding these transcendental events from one thousand years remove... instead of twenty. ↗

— Vernor Vinge

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I have argued above that we cannot prevent the Singularity, that its coming is an inevitable consequence of the humans' natural competitiveness and the possibilities inherent in technology. ↗

— Vernor Vinge

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It is lamentable, that to be a good patriot one must become the enemy of the rest of mankind. ↗

— Voltaire

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Never argue at the dinner table, for the one who is not hungry always gets the best of the argument. ↗

— Voltaire

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Time, which alone makes the reputation of men, ends by making their defects respectable. ↗

— Voltaire

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One day Mum saved up for this exciting new thing - a frozen chicken. She cooked it on the Sunday and we all sat around waiting for it, but there was a terrible smell from the kitchen. She didn't realise that the giblets were in a plastic bag inside it. We just ate vegetables and she cried and cried. ↗

— Carol Vorderman

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Poor, darling fellow - he died of food. He was killed by the dinner table. ↗

— Diana Vreeland

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He's about as predictable as a Wasp on speed. ↗

— Sid Waddell

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I know how easy it is for some minds to glide along with the current of popular opinion, where influence, respectability, and all those motives which tend to seduce the human heart are brought to bear. ↗

— Benjamin F. Wade

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I try to ground most of my characters in reality somehow. That's kind of what I bring to the table. ↗

— Donnie Wahlberg

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