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Aaron Allston
American
Novelist
About the author
Feminism is sort of like God. Many people profess to believe in it, but no one seems to be able to define it to everyone's satisfaction.
Aaron Allston,
American
Novelist
#God
#People
#Satisfaction
#Feminism
The analysis of the thing is not the thing itself.
Aaron Allston,
American
Novelist
I really can't complain about actresses who get paid to be dumb. Most of us can't get paid to be smart.
Aaron Allston,
American
Novelist
#Dumb
I'm content to stand on tradition. I'm even more content to wipe my feet on it.
Aaron Allston,
American
Novelist
#Feet
#Tradition
#Content
If you hack the Vatican server, have you tampered in God's domain?
Aaron Allston,
American
Novelist
#God
Lawyers are the first refuge of the incompetent.
Aaron Allston,
American
Novelist
#First
#Lawyers
Life is like an analogy.
Aaron Allston,
American
Novelist
#Life
Definition of 'Free': You pay for it whether or not you elect to receive it.
Aaron Allston,
American
Novelist
No one pays me to be nice.
Aaron Allston,
American
Novelist
There are two types of people in the world, and I'm one of them.
Aaron Allston,
American
Novelist
#People
#World
The difference between tragedy and comedy: Tragedy is something awful happening to somebody else, while comedy is something awful happening to somebody else.
Aaron Allston,
American
Novelist
#Tragedy
#Comedy
#Difference
The principle of Sturgeon's Razor states that the simplest answer to any problem is 90% crap.
Aaron Allston,
American
Novelist
#states
The way to a man's heart is through his chest.
Aaron Allston,
American
Novelist
#Heart
#Man
This would not be a problem if I were driving a snowplow.
Aaron Allston,
American
Novelist
#Driving
When all else fails, complicate matters.
Aaron Allston,
American
Novelist
Where can I get some tat? I'd like to trade it in.
Aaron Allston,
American
Novelist
#Trade
Luck consists largely of hanging on by your fingernails until things start to go your way.
Aaron Allston,
American
Novelist
#Luck
Violence is the first refuge of the violent.
Aaron Allston,
American
Novelist
#First
#Violence
Any sufficiently badly-written science is indistinguishable from magic.
Aaron Allston,
American
Novelist
#Science
#Magic