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Humans do have an amazing capacity for believing what they choose -- and excluding that which is painful. Look at these three words written larger than all the rest, and with special pride never written before or since -- tall words, proudly saying "We the people" ... these words and the words that follow ... must apply to everyone or they mean nothing. I'm Givin' Her All She's Got, Captain! He tasks me. He tasks me; and I shall have him. I’ll chase him ’round the moons of Nibia and ’round the Antares maelstrom and ’round Perdition’s flames before I give him up.

Live now; make now always the most precious time. Now will never come again. Madness has no purpose. Or reason. But it may have a goal. Insults are effective only where emotion is present. Humans do have an amazing capacity for believing what they choose -- and excluding that which is painful. We're a most promising species, Mr. Spock, as predators go. Did you know that? I frequently have my doubts. I don't. Not any more. And maybe in a thousand years or so, we'll be able to prove it. Instruments register only through things they're designed to register. Space still contains infinite unknowns. Without freedom of choice there is no creativity. I object to intellect without discipline; I object to power without constructive purpose. So much for the little training cruise. You’ve never really faced death, have you?” “...No; not like this. I haven’t faced death. I’ve cheated death. I’ve tricked my way out of death and patted myself on the back for my ingenuity; I know nothing.

I haven't faced death. I've cheated death. I've tricked my way out of death and patted myself on the back for my ingenuity; I know nothing. Live now; make now always the most precious time. Now will never come again. Insults are effective only where emotion is present. I object to intellect without discipline; I object to power without constructive purpose.