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"Progress is not one of those floating comparatives, so beloved of our friends in advertising, we need a context, a perspective. What are we better than? Who are we better than? Examine this statement: Most people are better off. Financially? socially? educationally? medically? spiritually? I dare not ask if you are happy? Are you happy?"
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"Advances in medicine and agriculture have saved vastly more lives than have been lost in all the wars in history."

"And a step backward, after making a wrong turn, is a step in the right direction."

"If you take it step by step, you shall least miss a step!"

"You may not have finished today but the work you did got you closer than if you would have done nothing."

"The present moment is nice but it does not last. Living in it is like waiting in a junction town for the morning limited; the junction may be interesting but some day you will have to leave it and you do not know where the limited will take you."

"Let both sides seek to invoke the wonders of science instead of its terrors. Together let us explore the stars, conquer the deserts, eradicate disease, tap the ocean depths, and encourage the arts and commerce."

"You have become more and therefore expect more, but never become too purpose-driven to step back and realize just how far you have progressed."
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"If you continually write and read yourself as a fiction, you can change what's crushing you."

"London is a small place, and it is very incestuous. People know where you live. Everybody is sort of on top of each other."

"To create a past that seemed authentic but would be a fiction, you need an invented language."

"Confidence and superiority: It's the usual fundamentalist stuff: I've got the truth, and you haven't."

"I am not interested in genres. I am interested in doing the best work I can in whatever medium."
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