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Any book worth banning is a book worth reading.

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
And above all things, never think that you’re not good enough yourself. A man should never think that. My belief is that in life people will take you at your own reckoning.
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Belief Enough Goodness Life Man People Philosophy Thinking Yourself
You don’t have to be able to lay eggs to know when one of them is rotten.
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I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them.
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Anything you make forbidden gains sexual attractiveness. Would you be particularly interested in women’s breasts if you lived in a society in which they were displayed at all times?
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Attraction Interest Live Society Time Woman
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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Life is a journey, but don’t worry, you’ll find a parking spot at the end.
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Properly read, the Bible is the most potent force for atheism ever conceived.
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He always pictured himself a libertarian, which to my way of thinking means “I want the liberty to grow rich and you can have the liberty to starve”. It’s easy to believe that no one should depend on society for help when you yourself happen not to need such help.
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If my doctor told me I had only six minutes to live, I wouldn’t brood. I’d type a little faster.
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Writing, to me, is simply thinking through my fingers.
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Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.
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Any book worth banning is a book worth reading.
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Any teacher that can be replaced by a computer should be replaced by a computer.
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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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At odd and unpredictable times, we cling in fright to the past .
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