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" The human race has been telling stories since it began. "

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" Sentimentality is intolerable because it is false feeling. "

" I'm just a story teller. "

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" When young I did my best to undo that bit of the British Empire I found myself in: that is, old Southern Rhodesia. "

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" I've worked hard all my life. You have to if you want to get things done. "

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Science Fiction

" The great secret that all old people share is that you really haven't changed in seventy or eighty years. Your body changes, but you don't change at all. And that, of course, causes great confusion. "

" It's very interesting what you don't care about. "

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