Even galaxy-spanning anarchist utopias of stupefying full-spectrum civilisational power have turf wars within their unacknowledged militaries.
~ Iain Banks

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Reason shapes the future, but superstition infects the present.
~ Iain Banks

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There is a saying that we provide the machines with an end, and they provide us with the means.
~ Iain Banks

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Empathize with stupidity and you’re halfway to thinking like an idiot.
~ Iain Banks

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