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One of the biggest roles of science fiction is to prepare people to accept the future without pain and to encourage a flexibility of the mind. Politicians should read science fiction, not westerns and detective stories.
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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I have never grown up, but I will never stop growing.
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Isaac Asimov is, in reality, based on something I had invented a few years previously.
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I will not be afraid because I understand ... And understanding is happiness.
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God said, 'Cancel Program GENESIS.' The universe ceased to exist.
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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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