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Moses Kaldor had always loved mountains they made him feel nearer to the God whose nonexistence he still sometimes resented.
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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If I didn't exist, I would have invented myself.
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What was more, they had taken the first step toward genuine friendship. They had exchanged vulnerabilities.
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Utopia was here at last: its novelty had not yet been assailed by the supreme enemy of a ll Utopias - boredom.
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A single test which proves some piece of theory wrong is more valuable than a hundred tests showing that idea might be true.
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Now I understand,” said the last man.
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