Some people like my advice so much that they frame it upon the wall instead of using it.

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About Gordon R. Dickson

Gordon Rupert Dickson (November 1, 1923 – January 31, 2001) was a Canadian-American science fiction writer. He was inducted into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame in 2000.

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Throughout history it has been the inaction of those who could have acted, the indifference of those who should have known better, the silence of the voice of justice when it mattered most, that have made it possible for evil to triumph.

—Haile Selassie

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Nothing will ever be attempted, if all possible objections must be first overcome.

—Samuel Johnson

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I thought it would all fall into place. I've changed my mind. Do nothing, and nothing happens. Life is about decisions. You either make them or they're made for you, but you can't avoid them.

—Mhairi McFarlane in You Had Me At Hello

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For evil to succeed, all it needs is for good men to do nothing.

—Martin Luther King Jr.

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Speech is conveniently located midway between thought and action, where it often substitutes for both.