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People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do.

Isaac Asimov

There are no happy endings in history, only crisis points that pass.
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End Happiness History
People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do.
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Annoy Greatness People Thinking
Man’s greatest asset is the unsettled mind.
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Greatness Man Mindset One Liner
The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that “my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.”
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Culture Democracy Goodness Ignorance Intellectual Knowledge Life Meaning Wind Yourself
The true delight is in the finding out rather than in the knowing.
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Deep Delight True Wisdom
While he lives, he must think; while he thinks, he must dream.
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Dreams Himself Live Thinking
Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It’s the transition that’s troublesome.
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Death Life Peace Pleasant Transition
To succeed, planning alone is insufficient. One must improvise as well.
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Alone Enough Oneself Planning Success
There is no belief, however foolish, that will not gather its faithful adherents who will defend it to the death.
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Believe Death Defense Faith Fools Protection
It has been my philosophy of life that difficulties vanish when faced boldly.
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Difficult Face Inspirational Life Motivational Myself Philosophy
It is the obvious which is so difficult to see most of the time. People say ‘It’s as plain as the nose on your face.’ But how much of the nose on your face can you see, unless someone holds a mirror up to you?
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Difficult Face People See Time Yourself
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.
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Decision Philosophy World
It is not so much that I have confidence in scientists being right, but that I have so much in nonscientists being wrong.
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Confidence Myself Right Wrong
When asked for advice by beginners. Know your ending, I say, or the river of your story may finally sink into the desert sands and never reach the sea.
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Beginning End Reach River Sea Story
Any teacher that can be replaced by a computer should be replaced by a computer.
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Computer Replacement Teacher Technology
It is well-known that the friend of a conqueror is but the last victim.
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Deep Friendship Victim

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