American - Writer | April 30, 1938 -
The human species really could have faced global thermonuclear war. During seventy years of Cold War we grew used to it.
Larry Niven
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Everything starts as somebody's daydream.
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The dinosaurs became extinct because they didn't have a space program.
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We're looking as far ahead as we can, and we don't get penalized for mistakes.
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We need to take command of the solar system to gain that wealth, and to escape the sea of paper our government is becoming, and for some decent chance of stopping a Dinosaur Killer asteroid.
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Anything beats an expensive stack of paper.
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Building one space station for everyone was and is insane: we should have built a dozen.
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I love superconductors.
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I'm not predicting; I just love playing with superconductors.
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We should not have assumed that a political space station could be built.
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In general, I don't know when inspiration will pop up.
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I've got five or six unpublished stories kicking around looking for somebody to buy them.
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