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'''Kowalski''': How many [[Brain Uploading|brain-clones]] of mine died out there? |
'''Kowalski''': How many [[Brain Uploading|brain-clones]] of mine died out there? |
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'''Admiral Emm''': Plenty. If souls exist, you launched your own, personal invasion of Hell. |
'''Admiral Emm''': Plenty. If souls exist, you launched your own, personal invasion of Hell. |
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'''Kowalski''': So the place will be secure when the three of us eventually arrive. |
'''Kowalski''': So the place will be secure when the three of us eventually arrive. |
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| ''[[Schlock Mercenary]]'', November 30, 2012}} |
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'''Kowalski''': I <u>''hate''</u> this part. I've cloned my selfstream hundreds of times, and ''still'' I hate it. |
'''Kowalski''': I <u>''hate''</u> this part. I've cloned my selfstream hundreds of times, and ''still'' I hate it. |
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'''Kowalski''': There's a fifty-fifty chance ''I'll'' be the version that wakes up disposable, [[Body Snatcher|downjacking a sleeper]]. |
'''Kowalski''': There's a fifty-fifty chance ''I'll'' be the version that wakes up disposable, [[Body Snatcher|downjacking a sleeper]]. |
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'''Kowalski''': One mission, then I'm lucky she'll get to [[Brain Uploading|upload a gestalt]]. A gestalt, but ''not'' the selfstream. |
'''Kowalski''': One mission, then I'm lucky she'll get to [[Brain Uploading|upload a gestalt]]. A gestalt, but ''not'' the selfstream. |
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'''Kowalski''': I'll remember the mission, right up until the moment I die. ''Again''. |
'''Kowalski''': I'll remember the mission, right up until the moment I die. ''Again''. |
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'''Admiral Emm''': Take solace in the fact that you've saved more lives than you've lost. |
'''Admiral Emm''': Take solace in the fact that you've saved more lives than you've lost. |
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'''Kowalski''': I'm just [[Blood Knight|happy that I've killed more times than I've died]]. |
'''Kowalski''': I'm just [[Blood Knight|happy that I've killed more times than I've died]]. |
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'''Danny''': He's not going to save you! He's ''using'' you! You're nothing but a mess he's not gonna clean up! |
'''Danny''': He's not going to save you! He's ''using'' you! You're nothing but a mess he's not gonna clean up! |
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'''Dani''': You're LYING! ''(blasts him)'' |
'''Dani''': You're LYING! ''(blasts him)'' |
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|'''[[Danny Phantom]]''' being rather insensitive to his cousin/clone [[Opposite |
|'''[[Danny Phantom]]''' being rather insensitive to his cousin/clone [[Opposite Gender Clone|Danielle]], ''Kindred Spirits''}} |
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{{quote|'''Nasdra Magrody:''' "While the loss of material is extremely taxing, as well as the many navy crews who have lost their lives. |
{{quote|'''Nasdra Magrody:''' "While the loss of material is extremely taxing, as well as the many navy crews who have lost their lives. |
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|'''[[Star Wars]]''', ''[http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/HoloNet_News_(podcast) Holonet News: A Galaxy Divided]''}} |
|'''[[Star Wars]]''', ''[http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/HoloNet_News_(podcast) Holonet News: A Galaxy Divided]''}} |
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{{quote|Today I slew my twin brothers seven times and nearly died four times at the hands of my twins. [[War Is Hell|What kind of war is this]] |
{{quote|Today I slew my twin brothers seven times and nearly died four times at the hands of my twins. [[War Is Hell|What kind of war is this]] |
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that we replicate ourselves time and again, only to waste our own lives on axe blades dulled by endless internecine fighting? |
that we replicate ourselves time and again, only to waste our own lives on axe blades dulled by endless internecine fighting? |
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Which one of us represents the hopes and dreams of our shared parents? Is it truly death if I am reborn time and again? |
Which one of us represents the hopes and dreams of our shared parents? Is it truly death if I am reborn time and again? |
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Am I more worthy of living or is my twin? Might we not [[Turned Against Their Masters|ally ourselves - the Spawned - against the Firsts]] who recline on golden thrones, |
Am I more worthy of living or is my twin? Might we not [[Turned Against Their Masters|ally ourselves - the Spawned - against the Firsts]] who recline on golden thrones, |
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stirring themselves only to order us into fratricide? |
stirring themselves only to order us into fratricide? |
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Perhaps we are no longer even dwarves. When a work of art is copied, and that copy is copied again and again, the results become gross parodies of the original. |
Perhaps we are no longer even dwarves. When a work of art is copied, and that copy is copied again and again, the results become gross parodies of the original. |
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I fear that I am but a pale imitation of the First I once was, willingly killing myself in an absurd parody of narcissism. |
I fear that I am but a pale imitation of the First I once was, willingly killing myself in an absurd parody of narcissism. |
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| A record of the Spawn Wars, ''[[Forgotten Realms|Grand History of the Realms]]''}} |
| A record of the Spawn Wars, ''[[Forgotten Realms|Grand History of the Realms]]''}} |
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Isn't it strange —"Weird Al" Yankovic, I Think I'm a Clone Now
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Yeah, I resulted to be a clone of myself from an alternative-future-imaginary-world or something like that. Listen, is this going to affect my welfare check? —Alan Moore, Tomorrow Stories
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Tears... tears. Why am I crying? What... did this mean to me? —Rei Ayanami, Neon Genesis Evangelion
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If I die, I can be replaced. —Rei Ayanami, Neon Genesis Evangelion
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Are you kidding? Military clones? This is why nobody takes us seriously! —Spen Jankowski, F.E.A.R.
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Han Solo: So what's it like being a clone? |
If we outlaw cloning, then only outlaws will have clones. —Sifl, The Sifl and Olly Show
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As long as you're around, I'll be nothing more than a mere shadow! |
"These people you're copying are already superfluous. You're trafficking in excess." —Aeon Flux and Trevor Goodchild.
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Oh well, even if we all died tomorrow, there's still another batch of clones to take our place. C'est la vie... —floating robot head thingy, Dead Leaves
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Everything I know is what I need to know, —John Entwistle, "905"
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You look in the mirror, but someone else looks back. You remember a life you never had, one that cannot be yours. You are the piece that does not fit, you don't belong in this game. The board has been knocked over, you shall be swept away... |
There's lots of him. Who'd miss this one? |
Kowalski: How many brain-clones of mine died out there? — Schlock Mercenary, November 30, 2012
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Kowalski: Besides, you've sent me to my death thousands of times now. I'm only sending you there once. |
Kowalski: I hate this part. I've cloned my selfstream hundreds of times, and still I hate it. |
My name is Jennifer Lucas. I'm not a factory part. I had toast for my breakfast. I wrote a letter to my mum. [...] I am Jennifer Lucas! I remember everything that happened in her entire life! Every birthday, every childhood illness. I feel everything she has ever felt, and more! I'm not a monster. I am me! Me! Me! Me! ME! —Jennifer Lucas' Ganger, Doctor Who
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Dani: Stop fighting. I know you're too weak to beat me! —Danny Phantom being rather insensitive to his cousin/clone Danielle, Kindred Spirits
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Nasdra Magrody: "While the loss of material is extremely taxing, as well as the many navy crews who have lost their lives. |
Today I slew my twin brothers seven times and nearly died four times at the hands of my twins. What kind of war is this — A record of the Spawn Wars, Grand History of the Realms
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