“Nobody cares if you can't dance well. Just get up and dance. Great dancers are great because of their passion.”
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Martha Graham
“Hermes smiled. "I knew a boy once ... oh, younger than you by far. A mere baby, really."Here we go again, George said. Always talking about himself.Quiet! Martha snapped. Do you want to get set on vibrate?Hermes ignored them. "One night, when this boy's mother wasn't watching, he sneaked out of their cave and stole some cattle that belonged to Apollo.""Did he get blasted to tiny pieces?" I asked."Hmm ... no. Actually, everything turned out quite well. To make up for his theft, the boy gave Apollo an instrument he'd invented-a lyre. Apollo was so enchanted with the music that he forgot all about being angry."So what's the moral?""The moral?" Hermes asked. "Goodness, you act like it's a fable. It's a true story. Does truth have a moral?""Um ...""How about this: stealing is not always bad?""I don't think my mom would like that moral."Rats are delicious, suggested George.What does that have to do with the story? Martha demanded.Nothing, George said. But I'm hungry."I've got it," Hermes said. "Young people don't always do what they're told, but if they can pull it off and do something wonderful, sometimes they escape punishment. How's that?” ― Rick Riordan, The Sea of Monsters
“I could have become a mass murderer after I hacked my governor module, but then I realized I could access the combined feed of entertainment channels carried on the company satellites. It had been well over 35,000 hours or so since then, with still not much murdering, but probably, I don't know, a little under 35,000 hours of movies, serials, books, plays, and music consumed. As a heartless killing machine, I was a terrible failure.” ― Martha Wells, All Systems Red
“I liked the imaginary people on the entertainment feed way more than I liked real ones, but you can’t have one without the other.” ― Martha Wells, All Systems Red
“Yes, talk to Murderbot about its feelings. The idea was so painful I dropped to 97 percent efficiency. I’d rather climb back into Hostile One’s mouth.” ― Martha Wells, All Systems Red
“Just remember you’re not alone here.” I never know what to say to that. I am actually alone in my head, and that’s where 90 plus percent of my problems are.” ― Martha Wells, Network Effect
“I was having an emotion, and I hate that.” ― Martha Wells, Exit Strategy
“You may have noticed that when I do manage to care, I’m a pessimist.” ― Martha Wells, All Systems Red
“And in their corner all they had was Murderbot, who just wanted everyone to shut up and leave it alone so it could watch the entertainment feed all day.” ― Martha Wells, All Systems Red
“There needs to be an error code that means “I received your request but decided to ignore you.” ― Martha Wells, Rogue Protocol
“I said, "Sometimes people do things to you that you can't do anything about. You just have to survive it and go on.” ― Martha Wells, Artificial Condition
“Gurathin turned to me. "So you don't have a governor module, but we could punish you by looking at you."I looked at him. "Probably, right up until I remember I have guns built into my arms.” ― Martha Wells, All Systems Red
“ART said, What does it want?To kill all the humans, I answered.I could feel ART metaphorically clutch its function. If there were no humans, there would be no crew to protect and no reason to do research and fill its databases. It said, That is irrational.I know, I said, if the humans were dead, who would make the media? It was so outrageous, it sounded like something a human would say.” ― Martha Wells, Artificial Condition
“I hate caring about stuff. But apparently once you start, you can't just stop.” ― Martha Wells, Rogue Protocol
“As a heartless killing machine, I was a terrible failure.” ― Martha Wells, All Systems Red
“Young humans can be impulsive. The trick is keeping them around long enough to become old humans.” ― Martha Wells, Artificial Condition
“Possibly I was overthinking this. I do that; it’s the anxiety that comes with being a part-organic murderbot. The upside was paranoid attention to detail. The downside was also paranoid attention to detail.” ― Martha Wells, Exit Strategy
“ART said, "I want an apology."I made an obscene gesture at the ceiling with both hands. (I know ART isn't the ceiling but the humans kept looking up there like it was.)ART said, "That was unnecessary."In a low voice, Ratthi commented to Overse, "Anyone who thinks machine intelligences don't have emotions needs to be in this very uncomfortable room right now.” ― Martha Wells, Network Effect
“I didn’t care what humans were doing to each other as long as I didn’t have to a) stop it or b) clean up after it.” ― Martha Wells, Artificial Condition
“Hermes smiled. "I knew a boy once ... oh, younger than you by far. A mere baby, really."Here we go again, George said. Always talking about himself.Quiet! Martha snapped. Do you want to get set on vibrate?Hermes ignored them. "One night, when this boy's mother wasn't watching, he sneaked out of their cave and stole some cattle that belonged to Apollo.""Did he get blasted to tiny pieces?" I asked."Hmm ... no. Actually, everything turned out quite well. To make up for his theft, the boy gave Apollo an instrument he'd invented-a lyre. Apollo was so enchanted with the music that he forgot all about being angry."So what's the moral?""The moral?" Hermes asked. "Goodness, you act like it's a fable. It's a true story. Does truth have a moral?""Um ...""How about this: stealing is not always bad?""I don't think my mom would like that moral."Rats are delicious, suggested George.What does that have to do with the story? Martha demanded.Nothing, George said. But I'm hungry."I've got it," Hermes said. "Young people don't always do what they're told, but if they can pull it off and do something wonderful, sometimes they escape punishment. How's that?” ― Rick Riordan, The Sea of Monsters
“I could have become a mass murderer after I hacked my governor module, but then I realized I could access the combined feed of entertainment channels carried on the company satellites. It had been well over 35,000 hours or so since then, with still not much murdering, but probably, I don't know, a little under 35,000 hours of movies, serials, books, plays, and music consumed. As a heartless killing machine, I was a terrible failure.” ― Martha Wells, All Systems Red
“I liked the imaginary people on the entertainment feed way more than I liked real ones, but you can’t have one without the other.” ― Martha Wells, All Systems Red
“Yes, talk to Murderbot about its feelings. The idea was so painful I dropped to 97 percent efficiency. I’d rather climb back into Hostile One’s mouth.” ― Martha Wells, All Systems Red
“Just remember you’re not alone here.” I never know what to say to that. I am actually alone in my head, and that’s where 90 plus percent of my problems are.” ― Martha Wells, Network Effect
“I was having an emotion, and I hate that.” ― Martha Wells, Exit Strategy
“You may have noticed that when I do manage to care, I’m a pessimist.” ― Martha Wells, All Systems Red
“And in their corner all they had was Murderbot, who just wanted everyone to shut up and leave it alone so it could watch the entertainment feed all day.” ― Martha Wells, All Systems Red
“There needs to be an error code that means “I received your request but decided to ignore you.” ― Martha Wells, Rogue Protocol
“I said, "Sometimes people do things to you that you can't do anything about. You just have to survive it and go on.” ― Martha Wells, Artificial Condition
“Gurathin turned to me. "So you don't have a governor module, but we could punish you by looking at you."I looked at him. "Probably, right up until I remember I have guns built into my arms.” ― Martha Wells, All Systems Red
“ART said, What does it want?To kill all the humans, I answered.I could feel ART metaphorically clutch its function. If there were no humans, there would be no crew to protect and no reason to do research and fill its databases. It said, That is irrational.I know, I said, if the humans were dead, who would make the media? It was so outrageous, it sounded like something a human would say.” ― Martha Wells, Artificial Condition
“I hate caring about stuff. But apparently once you start, you can't just stop.” ― Martha Wells, Rogue Protocol
“As a heartless killing machine, I was a terrible failure.” ― Martha Wells, All Systems Red
“Young humans can be impulsive. The trick is keeping them around long enough to become old humans.” ― Martha Wells, Artificial Condition
“Possibly I was overthinking this. I do that; it’s the anxiety that comes with being a part-organic murderbot. The upside was paranoid attention to detail. The downside was also paranoid attention to detail.” ― Martha Wells, Exit Strategy
“ART said, "I want an apology."I made an obscene gesture at the ceiling with both hands. (I know ART isn't the ceiling but the humans kept looking up there like it was.)ART said, "That was unnecessary."In a low voice, Ratthi commented to Overse, "Anyone who thinks machine intelligences don't have emotions needs to be in this very uncomfortable room right now.” ― Martha Wells, Network Effect
“I didn’t care what humans were doing to each other as long as I didn’t have to a) stop it or b) clean up after it.” ― Martha Wells, Artificial Condition
