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There were some things that only time could cure. Evil men could be destroyed, but nothing could be done with good men who were deluded.
Arthur C. Clarke
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Arthur C. Clarke
Age: 90 †
Born: 1917
Born: December 16
Died: 2008
Died: March 19
Engineer
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Film Writer
Inventor
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Scientist
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Minehead
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Arthur Charles Clarke
Sir Arthur Charles Clarke
Charles Willis
Arthur Clarke
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Now I understand,” said the last man.
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Until we get rid of religion, we won't be able to conduct the search for God.
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In this universe the night was falling the shadows were lengthening towards an east that would not know another dawn. But elsewhere the stars were still young and the light of morning lingered and along the path he once had followed, Man would one day go again.
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The greatest tragedy in mankind's entire history may be the hijacking of morality by religion.
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