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People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do.
Isaac Asimov
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Isaac Asimov
Age: 72 †
Born: 1920
Born: January 2
Died: 1992
Died: April 6
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Dreams may be impossible, yet still be dreamed.
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At odd and unpredictable times, we cling in fright to the past .
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All humanity could share a common insanity and be immersed in a common illusion while living in a common chaos. That can't be disproved, but we have no choice but to follow our senses.
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The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.
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Rejection slips, or form letters, however tactfully phrased, are lacerations of the soul, if not quite inventions of the devil-but there is no way around them.
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