Steve Perry quotes - page 2

Civilization didn't like surprises... (Steve Perry)
In the land of the unarmed, the man with a rock was king. View quote
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I mean, look, I just broke into your private files. If I were you, I'd be more than a little upset. View quote
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A woman did what a woman had to, the best way she knew how. To do more was impossible, to do less, unthinkable. View quote
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Honor was in surviving, not fair play. View quote
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Okay, I need to go places and shoot people. View quote
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Why is it people like us have to be the galaxy's conscience? View quote
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War had a way of making carpe diem seem valid no matter what you wanted to seize... View quote
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When you worked in a profession whose tools included guns and bombs, death was always on the menu; only a matter of time until the order you placed arrived... View quote
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Jo nodded. The Vastalimi were stoic about many things, death notwithstanding. People came and went, that was the way of it, and there was no need to be overly disturbed; nothing could be done to change the general pattern, only the individual ones. Everybody got onto the hoverbus, and eventually, everybody got off; the questions were, how long was the ride, and how did you leave? View quote
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He had thought about it. Mostly, after the fantasies, he had let it go. It was done, history. No point in bumping into the furniture while looking back over your shoulder. (Steve Perry)
Old enough to look as if he knew what to do, young enough to look as if he could do it. View quote
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The loudest sound on a battle field was click! when you were expecting bang! It was a never-ending wonder: What was going to go wrong next? View quote
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What they don't know won't hurt us... View quote
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We aren't looking for trouble. View quote
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A large bomb obscures a lot of evidence. View quote
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He understood the phenomenon, of how almost dying made you appreciate what life had to offer. And it was a potent drug, that feeling. Battle was not glorious. But surviving it? That was. View quote
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Well. You were allowed to be young and stupid, when you were young and stupid, and if it didn't do you in, you might get older and wiser. View quote
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You're not an ape, use a tool! View quote
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But was it not you who used to tell me that the more you knew, the better? That knowledge was the sharpest fang? View quote
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When he saw me look her over, he hinted that she might be willing to, ah, stay behind and work out details of the contract with me personally, no matter how long it might take. (Steve Perry)
Droc was not particularly religious himself. If the gods responded to entreaties, they had never demonstrated it to him. Better his time was spent doing something that might work. View quote
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Never felt so alive as you did after you came out of a battle in one piece. And if you were dead? You wouldn't feel that... View quote
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I'm not a big fan of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. It's just a personal thing, not an ego thing. View quote
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I'm so hard on myself. I play these sketches in my computer for friends and they say 'Gee whiz, the vocal's beautiful.' I hear, 'It needs to be better.' View quote
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