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"All of this got me thinking about the history of the westward expansion, and got me to wondering how the exploration of the Solar System would be changed if there were an indigenous presence out there."
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"History is an account, mostly false, of events, mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers, mostly knaves, and soldiers, mostly fools."
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"OUR history begins before we are born. We represent the hereditary influences of our race, and our ancestors virtually live in us."
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"America may be slow to rise to a challenge. But our history has shown that once we make up our minds to really do something, nothing can stand in our way."
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"Is there in all the history of human folly a greater fool than a clergymen in politics?"
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"From a reality perspective, I'm sure part of that is true, but this is the largest blackout in U.S. history. If that is not a signal that we have got a problem that needs to be fixed, I don't know what is."
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"I loved history because to me, history was like watching a movie."
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"To this day the Arab influence is evident in southern Italy, northern Africa and, above all, in Spain."
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"A Germany team should not be afraid going into a tournament. History shows that we can raise the level of our game when it matters."
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"Everyone was important during the war. Everyone. We worked together and we won."
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"The history of man is a must read poetry."
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"My joking answer to this question is that I leave a bowl of milk out on the back porch every night for the Idea Fairy. In the morning, the milk is gone and there's a brand-new shiny idea by the bowl."
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"Now, of course, the great thing about the solar system as a frontier is that there are no Indians, so you can have all the glory of the myth of the American westward expansion without any of the guilt."
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"I feel SF is going through an experimental phase right now."
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"I graduated from the University of Michigan with a BA in Communications and left formal education behind."
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"Then, I realized that there is an indigenous presence in the Solar System. It's us. So, then, I got to wondering what would happen if a more technologically advanced society moved next door to us, the way we moved next door to the American Indians."
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"Fantasy is, of course, booming, and I think it's beginning to stretch its range as well."
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"All of this got me thinking about the history of the westward expansion, and got me to wondering how the exploration of the Solar System would be changed if there were an indigenous presence out there."
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"I did not want to write a story about the invasion of Earth, so I had to create a race capable of living nearby, which meant to either on the Moon, on Mars, or on Venus. I picked Venus."
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"First and foremost, The Quiet Invasion is a first contact story. What would we do if we actually found evidence of alien life out there? It's also about politics."
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"Actually, after while, finding the ideas is the easy part. Sorting them through and turning them into stories, now, that's the hard work."
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