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"I've never been married and I've no more desire to be married now than I ever have. I hate bureaucracy and I am not religious."
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"Now, come over here so I can pat you down.""But you don't have-" Percy stopped. "Uh, sure."He stood next to the armless statue. Terminus conducted a rigorous mental pat down."You seem to be clean," Terminus decided. "Do you have anything to declare?""Yes," Percy said. "I declare that this is stupid."
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"The disease which inflicts bureaucracy and what they usually die from is routine."
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"I've never been married and I've no more desire to be married now than I ever have. I hate bureaucracy and I am not religious."
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"It's no accident that in a bureaucracy getting fired is called 'termination,' as in ontological erasure."
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"The only problem that ever really seems to bother empire builders is bureaucracy. Before a new colony on the frontier could be founded, the Senate and Triumvirate would have to pass the plan. Factors influencing the High Lords decision would include, among others, the number of people needed to found the colony and whether this would result in any significant population shift. Another, more critical factor would be whether Tactical Defense could spare the ships or the manpower to patrol the area."
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"Twenty-first century medicine must not be confined to a twentieth-century bureaucracy."
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"Lefever describes his financing plan with modesty:"'Our detailed budget is realistic, but does not take into account the inflation that may occur before September 1983. The one place it could cut or reduce is item 7, the simultaneous interpreter services, if these services could be provided gratis by the U.S. government.'""In other words, the only way to make a saving on a U.S.-subsidized project is to take money out of another U.S.-subsidized column."
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"If possible, try to avoid pushing each other over the edge, as that would cause me extra paperwork."
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"Big Government' is a lot less like a 'Big Brother', and a lot more like a mother-in-law."
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"But in Africa bureaucrats are usually too proud to accept a bribe, something I admire when I'm not the one being arrested."
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"I couldn't imagine playing someone young now; it would be so boring."
Now
"I have made a public statement about me and Ralph by being seen with him. I don't need to make any other. You can live the way you want."
Being
"I am pretty self-indulgent."
Pretty
"I've never been married and I've no more desire to be married now than I ever have. I hate bureaucracy and I am not religious."
Bureaucracy
"When I was starting out, young actresses had the studio system to protect them. Now you have a host of sharks, from your agent to your publicist to your lawyer."
Now
"Judi Dench and Ian McKellen taught me how to work hard and respect the theatre."
Work
"The thing about doing anything artificial to your hair is that you have to look after it. So you're always vulnerable to the weather and time."
Time
"I consulted a Chinese herbalist and spent two weeks on an island off the coast of Zanzibar. I was away from any kind of contemporary technology."
Technology
"As you grow older, your whole life becomes very rich, multifaceted."
Life
"I don't buy the tabloids, but you're surrounded by it all and people tell you things they've read. I'd be sitting on a train looking over someone's shoulder and thinking: That's familiar... oh my God, it's me."
God
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