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Only a lie that wasn't ashamed of itself could possibly succeed.
Isaac Asimov
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Isaac Asimov
Age: 72 †
Born: 1920
Born: January 2
Died: 1992
Died: April 6
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I do not use airplanes. They strike me as unsporting. You can have an automobile accident-and survive. You can be on a sinking ship-and survive. You can be in an earthquake, fire, volcanic eruption, tornado, what you will-and survive. But if your plane crashes, you do not survive. And I say the heck with it.
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Society is much more easily soothed than one's own conscience.
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The law of conservation of energy tells us we can't get something for nothing, but we refuse to believe it.
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The cure for advanced gullibility is to go to sleep and consider matters again the next day.
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All roads lead to Trantor, says the old proverb, and that is where all stars end.
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