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The greatest weapons in the conquest of knowledge are an understanding mind and the inexorable curiosity that drives it on.

Isaac Asimov

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
If you have talent, you will receive some measure of success – but only if you persist.
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Persistence Success Talent Yourself
I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them.
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Computer Fear Myself
Uncertainty that comes from knowledge (knowing what you don’t know) is different from uncertainty coming from ignorance.
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Different Ignorance Knowledge Philosophy Uncertain Yourself
Nothing has to be true, but everything has to sound true.
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One Liner Sound True
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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Blame Deep Emotion Human Kind Pain Reason
The day you stop learning is the day you begin decaying.
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Beginning Day Learning Stop Yourself
Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what’s right.
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Moral Right Way Youreslf
There is no more desire to live past one’s time than to die before it.
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Death Desire Live Past Time
The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not ‘Eureka!’ but ‘That’s funny.’
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Discover Excitement Funny Science
Life is a journey, but don’t worry, you’ll find a parking spot at the end.
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End Journey Life Worry Yourself
Any book worth banning is a book worth reading.
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Book Reading Value Worth
Writing, to me, is simply thinking through my fingers.
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Fingers Myself Simplicity Thinking Writing
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
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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Commitment Enough Eyes Human Love Myself Optimism Race Stupidity Suicide Wonderful
The great secret of the successful fool is that he’s no fool at all.
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Fools Greatness Security Success

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