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

Isaac Asimov

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
Better to make a good future than predict a bad one.
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Bad Better Future Goodness Oneself Prediction
Human beings sometimes find a kind of pleasure in nursing painful emotions, in blaming themselves without reason or even against reason.
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There are no nations! There is only humanity. And if we don’t come to understand that right soon, there will be no nations, because there will be no humanity.
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At odd and unpredictable times, we cling in fright to the past .
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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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It is well-known that the friend of a conqueror is but the last victim.
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There is an art to science, and a science in art; the two are not enemies, but different aspects of the whole.
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People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do.
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Jokes of the proper kind, properly told, can do more to enlighten questions of politics, philosophy, and literature than any number of dull arguments.
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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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The cure for advanced gullibility is to go to sleep and consider matters again the next day.
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I wish that I could say I was optimistic about the human race. I love us all, but we are so stupid and shortsighted that I wonder if we can lift our eyes to the world about us long enough not to commit suicide.
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To make discoveries, you have to be curious about why the universe is the way it is.
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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
Inspect every piece of pseudoscience and you will find a security blanket.
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