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" There is hopeful symbolism in the fact that flags do not wave in a vacuum. "

Arthur C. Clarke

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" This is the first age that's ever paid much attention to the future, which is a little ironic since we may not have one. "

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" Our lifetime may be the last that will be lived out in a technological society. "

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" New ideas pass through three periods: 1) It can't be done. 2) It probably can be done, but it's not worth doing. 3) I knew it was a good idea all along! "

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" It may be that our role on this planet is not to worship God - but to create him. "

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" Human judges can show mercy. But against the laws of nature, there is no appeal. "

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" I have a fantasy where Ted Turner is elected President but refuses because he doesn't want to give up power. "

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" Perhaps, as some wit remarked, the best proof that there is Intelligent Life in Outer Space is the fact it hasn't come here. Well, it can't hide forever - one day we will overhear it. "

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" I don't pretend we have all the answers. But the questions are certainly worth thinking about. "

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" If an elderly but distinguished scientist says that something is possible, he is almost certainly right; but if he says that it is impossible, he is very probably wrong. "

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" When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly right. When he states that something is impossible, he is very probably wrong. "

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" Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. "

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" Reading computer manuals without the hardware is as frustrating as reading sex manuals without the software. "

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" It is not easy to see how the more extreme forms of nationalism can long survive when men have seen the Earth in its true perspective as a single small globe against the stars. "

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" We have to abandon the idea that schooling is something restricted to youth. How can it be, in a world where half the things a man knows at 20 are no longer true at 40 - and half the things he knows at 40 hadn't been discovered when he was 20? "

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" Every revolutionary idea seems to evoke three stages of reaction. They may be summed up by the phrases: 1- It's completely impossible. 2- It's possible, but it's not worth doing. 3- I said it was a good idea all along. "

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