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There are no happy endings in history, only crisis points that pass.

Isaac Asimov

The tyranny that now exists is actual. That which may exist in the future is potential. If we are always to draw back from change with the thought that the change may be for the worse, then there is no hope at all of ever escaping injustice.
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Change Escape Existence Future Hope Injustice Potential Worst
You don’t need to predict the future. Just choose a future – a good future, a useful future – and make the kind of prediction that will alter human emotions and reactions in such a way that the future you predicted will be brought about.
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Choice Future Goodness Prediction Reaction Yourself
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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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
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
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When stupidity is considered patriotism, it is unsafe to be intelligent.
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Today’s science fiction is tomorrow’s science fact.
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It is well-known that the friend of a conqueror is but the last victim.
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Deep Friendship Victim
Education isn’t something you can finish.
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Education One Liner Yourself
In life, unlike chess, the game continues after checkmate.
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I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them.
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Computer Fear Myself
Nothing has to be true, but everything has to sound true.
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One Liner Sound True
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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At odd and unpredictable times, we cling in fright to the past .
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Democracy cannot survive overpopulation. Human dignity cannot survive it. Convenience and decency cannot survive it. As you put more and more people into the world, the value of life not only declines, but it disappears. It doesn’t matter if someone dies.
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Inspect every piece of pseudoscience and you will find a security blanket.
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Pieces Science Security Yourself

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