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The greatest tragedy in mankind's entire history may be the hijacking of morality by religion.
Arthur C. Clarke
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Arthur C. Clarke
Age: 90 †
Born: 1917
Born: December 16
Died: 2008
Died: March 19
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Absolutely no religious rites of any kind, relating to any religious faith, should be associated with my funeral.
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The only real problem in life is what to do next.
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A hundred years ago, the electric telegraph made possible-indeed, inevitable-the United States of America. The communications satellite will make equally inevitable a United Nations of Earth let us hope that the transition period will not be equally bloody.
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You don't believe in organized religion, yet a major theme in so many of your works seems to be a quest for God.
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