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I don’t like anything that’s got to be. I want to know why.

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Isaac Asimov
Age: 72 †
Born: 1920
Born: January 2
Died: 1992
Died: April 6
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When people thought the earth was flat, they were wrong. When people thought the earth was spherical, they were wrong. But if you think that thinking the earth is spherical is just as wrong as thinking the earth is flat, then your view is wronger than both of them put together.
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I expect death to be nothingness and, for removing me from all possible fears of death, I am thankful to atheism.
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Gratitude is best and most effective when it does not evaporate itself in empty phrases.
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