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Neal Stephenson Quotes: They went inside. The young ones shuffled to a stop as their ironic sensibilities, which served them in lieu of souls, were jammed by a signal of overwhelming power.
         

They went inside. The young ones shuffled to a stop as their ironic sensibilities, which served them in lieu of souls, were jammed by a signal of overwhelming power.


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See, the world is full of things more powerful than us. But if you know how to catch a ride, you can go places.



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And it happened all the time that the compromise between two perfectly rational alternatives was something that made no sense at all.



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The difference between ignorant and educated people is that the latter know more facts. But that has nothing to do with whether they are stupid or intelligent.





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