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"If you got what it takes, you'll make it. If you don't, Shakespeare couldn't help you."

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"I have taught history on the high school and college levels, and am or have been a lecturer at the Smithsonian, The National Institutes of Health, and numerous colleges and universities, mostly on science fiction and technology subjects."

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"First, people don't read novels off screens, and they don't have a tendency to shell out real money for books when they don't retain anything physically for their money."

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"I have long been active in and supportive of conservation and historical preservation causes."

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