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While he lives, he must think; while he thinks, he must dream.

Isaac Asimov

I figure that if God actually does exist, he is big enough to understand an honest difference of opinion.
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Enough Existence God Honesty Opinion Understand
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
Nothing has to be true, but everything has to sound true.
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One Liner Sound True
I am not a speed reader. I am a speed understander.
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Deep Reading Speed Understand
To succeed, planning alone is insufficient. One must improvise as well.
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Alone Enough Oneself Planning Success
The easiest way to solve a problem is to deny it exists.
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Easy Existence Ignorance Problem Way
In life, unlike chess, the game continues after checkmate.
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Advice Chess Game Life
Democracy cannot survive overpopulation. Human dignity cannot survive it. Convenience and decency cannot survive it. As you put more and more people into the world, the value of life not only declines, but it disappears. It doesn’t matter if someone dies.
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Convenience Democracy Dignity Human Life People Population Survive Value World Yourself
Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.
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Capability Choice Option Refuge Violence
Since emotions are few and reasons are many (said the robot Giscard) the behavior of a crowd can be more easily predicted than the behavior of one person.
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Easy Emotion Person Reason
Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what’s right.
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Moral Right Way Youreslf
They won’t listen. Do you know why? Because they have certain fixed notions about the past. Any change would be blasphemy in their eyes, even if it were the truth. They don’t want the truth; they want their traditions.
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Change Eyes Listening Past Tradition Truth
Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is. The only function of a school is to make self-education easier; failing that, it does nothing.
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Believe Easy Education Failure Function Kind Myself School
All you have to do is take a close look at yourself and you will understand everyone else.
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Deep Knowledge Philosophy Understand Yourself
Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It’s the transition that’s troublesome.
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Death Life Peace Pleasant Transition
Inspect every piece of pseudoscience and you will find a security blanket.
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Pieces Science Security Yourself

While he lives, he must think; while he thinks, he must dream.

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