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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

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 great secret of the successful fool is that he’s no fool at all.
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Fools Greatness Security Success
Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It’s the transition that’s troublesome.
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Death Life Peace Pleasant Transition
People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do.
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Annoy Greatness People Thinking
I figure that if God actually does exist, he is big enough to understand an honest difference of opinion.
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There are no happy endings in history, only crisis points that pass.
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If we only obey those rules that we think are just and reasonable, then no rule will stand, for there is no rule that some will not think is unjust and unreasonable.
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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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Believe Easy Freedom Growth Liberty Photograph Rich Society
Inspect every piece of pseudoscience and you will find a security blanket.
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Pieces Science Security Yourself
It is well-known that the friend of a conqueror is but the last victim.
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Deep Friendship Victim
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 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
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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To succeed, planning alone is insufficient. One must improvise as well.
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Alone Enough Oneself Planning Success
It’s humbling to think that all animals, including human beings, are parasites of the plant world.
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The easiest way to solve a problem is to deny it exists.
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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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