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" It is not only the living who are killed in war. "

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" To surrender to ignorance and call it God has always been premature, and it remains premature today. "

" John Dalton's records, carefully preserved for a century, were destroyed during the World War II bombing of Manchester. It is not only the living who are killed in war. "

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" Dalton's records, carefully preserved for a century, were destroyed during the World War II bombing of Manchester. It is not only the living who are killed in war. "

" It is change, continuing change, inevitable change, that is the dominant factor in society today. No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the world as it is, but the world as it will be. "

" Creationists make it sound as though a 'theory' is something you dreamt up after being drunk all night. "

" I am not a speed reader. I am a speed understander. "

" I don't believe in personal immortality; the only way I expect to have some version of such a thing is through my books. "

" And above all things, never think that you're not good enough yourself. A man should never think that. My belief is that in life people will take you at your own reckoning. "

" Part of the inhumanity of the computer is that, once it is competently programmed and working smoothly, it is completely honest. "

" I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them. "