That’s why we want it. Impossible gadgets are always the most valuable. - Charles Sheffield

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You pursue progress, even if you suspect that it is an illusion.

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I think I'll have a sign made for that far wall," said Bey at last.
"Indeed?"
"Yes. It will say, 'If you have nothing to do, please don't do it here'.

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Intelligence is too subtle an attribute to be inferred from appearance.

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