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Perhaps no other year before or since 1984 has been awaited with such eager anticipation.
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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Arthur Charles Clarke
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I would defend the liberty of consenting adult creationists to practice whatever intellectual perversions they like in the privacy of their own homes but it is also necessary to protect the young and innocent.
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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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