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It is not easy to see how the more extreme forms of nationalism can long survive when men have seen the Earth in its true perspective as a single small globe against the stars.
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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Science is the only religion of mankind.
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Science demands patience.
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A man who grows that much hair,' critics were fond of saying, 'must have a lot to hide.
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