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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?

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
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
Inspect every piece of pseudoscience and you will find a security blanket.
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Pieces Science Security Yourself
Nothing has to be true, but everything has to sound true.
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One Liner Sound True
The intelligent man is never bored.
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Boredom Intelligence Man One Liner
Any book worth banning is a book worth reading.
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Book Reading Value Worth
People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do.
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Annoy Greatness People Thinking
Intelligence is an accident of evolution, and not necessarily an advantage.
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Advantage Evolution Intelligence Necessary
You don’t have to be able to lay eggs to know when one of them is rotten.
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Advice Negative Oneself 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
At odd and unpredictable times, we cling in fright to the past .
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Fear Hold Past Time
I figure that if God actually does exist, he is big enough to understand an honest difference of opinion.
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Enough Existence God Honesty Opinion Understand
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
Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It’s the transition that’s troublesome.
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Death Life Peace Pleasant Transition
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
All you have to do is take a close look at yourself and you will understand everyone else.
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Deep Knowledge Philosophy Understand Yourself

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