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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.

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
The true delight is in the finding out rather than in the knowing.
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Deep Delight True Wisdom
To succeed, planning alone is insufficient. One must improvise as well.
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Alone Enough Oneself Planning Success
Feminine intuition? Is that what you wanted the robot for? You men. Faced with a woman reaching a correct conclusion and unable to accept the fact that she is your equal or superior in intelligence, you invent something called feminine intuition.
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Acceptance Discrimination Equality Face Intelligence Intuition Investment Man Woman Yourself
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
Inspect every piece of pseudoscience and you will find a security blanket.
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Pieces Science Security Yourself
The first law of dietetics seems to be: if it tastes good, it’s bad for you.
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Bad Goodness Law Taste Yourself
Man’s greatest asset is the unsettled mind.
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Greatness Man Mindset One Liner
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 intelligent man is never bored.
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Boredom Intelligence Man One Liner
Intelligence is an accident of evolution, and not necessarily an advantage.
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Advantage Evolution Intelligence Necessary
In life, unlike chess, the game continues after checkmate.
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Advice Chess Game Life
If I am right, then (religious fundamentalists) will not go to Heaven, because there is no Heaven. If they are right, then they will not go to Heaven, because they are hypocrites.
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Fundamental Heaven Hypocrisy Religious Right
People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do.
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Annoy Greatness People Thinking
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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Humanity Nation Philosophy Right Understand
It is well-known that the friend of a conqueror is but the last victim.
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Deep Friendship Victim

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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