When you pay somebody off, it only increases their demands.… - Charles Sheffield

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When you pay somebody off, it only increases their demands. I know, only too well. They are never satisfied with what they get.

Charles Sheffield

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Charles Sheffield (25 June 1935 – 2 November 2002) was an English-born mathematician, physicist and science fiction writer who served as a President of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America and of the American Astronautical Society.

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Alternative Names: Charles A. Sheffield • James Kirkwood

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When you pay somebody off, it only increases their demands. I know, only too well. They are never satisfied with what they get. - Charles Sheffield

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