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“Politicians should read science fiction, not westerns and detective stories.”

Arthur C. Clarke · Science

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Arthur C. Clarke

If an elderly but distinguished scientist says that something is possible, he is almost certainly right but if he says that it is impossible, he is very probably wrong.

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Arthur C. Clarke

I have a fantasy where Ted Turner is elected President but refuses because he doesn't want to give up power.

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Arthur C. Clarke

I don't believe in God but I'm very interested in her.

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Arthur C. Clarke

It is not easy to see how the more extreme forms of nationalism can long survive when men have seen the Earth in its true perspective as a single small globe against the stars.

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