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The target of power is more interesting than its quantity.

Alan Lightman

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Alan Lightman
Age: 75
Born: 1948
Born: November 28
Astrophysicist
Novelist
Physicist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Memphis
Tennessee
Alan Paige Lightman
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Power
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Suppose time is a circle, bending back on itself. The world repeats itself, precisely, endlessly.
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Scientists will forever have to live with the fact that their product is, in the end, impersonal.
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