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• Tides are like politics. They come and go with a great deal of fuss and noise, but inevitably they leave the beach just as they found it. On those few occasions when major change does occur, it is rarely a good news.

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  Beach, Doe, News

  "Deepsix". Book by Jack McDevitt, September 2000.

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• There'd been studies over the years supporting the proposition that groups composed exclusively of women usually made intelligent decisions, that exclusively male groups did a bit less well, and that mixed groups did most poorly of all, by a substantial margin. It appeared that, when women were present, testosterone got the upper hand and men took greater risks than they might otherwise. Correspondingly, women in the mixed group tended to revert to roles, becoming more passive, and going along with whatever misjudgment the males might perpetrate.

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  Intelligent, Men, Hands

  Jack McDevitt (2003). “Chindi”, p.463, Penguin

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• The queen of virtues is the recognition of one's own flaws.

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  Queens, Recognition, Flaws

  Jack McDevitt (2004). “Omega”, p.255, Penguin

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• If you want creative and successful children, resign yourself to jousting with rebels.

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  Children, Successful, Creative

  Jack McDevitt (2007). “Cauldron”, p.105, Penguin

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• If you're paying attention to your wardrobe, Rudy believed, your mind isn't sufficiently occupied.

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  Mind, Attention, Rudy

  Jack McDevitt (2007). “Cauldron”, p.68, Penguin

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• See what the world looks like from orbit. Well, in that way, at least, there was profit to be had. Nobody could look down at the planet, green and blue, with no borders in evidence and no sign of human habitation, and not get his perspective forever altered.

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  Blue, Perspective, Forever

  "Odyssey". Book by Jack McDevitt, 2006.

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• If you're right, and nobody really cares what's out there, I wonder whether we're even worth saving.

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  Care, Saving, Wonder

  "Odyssey". Book by Jack McDevitt, 2006.

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• An optimist is somebody who thinks our various political and social systems, schools and churches, support groups and Boy Scout troops, jury trials and congressional committees, are on the up-and-up. That they are intended for the benefit of the members. The reality is that they are designed to keep everyone in line.

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  School, Boys, Reality

  "Odyssey". Book by Jack McDevitt, 2006.

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• So we have progressed to the point where we can move politicians around faster than light. I'm not sure I see the advantage.

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  Moving, Light, Politician

  "Odyssey". Book by Jack McDevitt, 2006.

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• Of course, they (i. e., demons) had always been observed with some regularity, but that could usually be ascribed to an overabundance of piety or wine or imagination. Take your pick.

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  Wine, Imagination, Demon

  "Omega". Book by Jack McDevitt, 2003.

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• Somewhere we taught ourselves that our opinions are more significant than the facts. And somehow we get our egos and our opinions and Truth all mixed up in a single package, so that when something does challenge one of the notions to which we subscribe, we react as if it challenges us.

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  Ego, Challenges, Doe

  "Omega". Chapter 41. Book by Jack McDevitt, 2003.

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• There is nothing that overwhelms the senses quite like an unwelcome silence.

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  Silence, Senses, Unwelcome

  Jack McDevitt (2003). “Chindi”, p.159, Penguin

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