Arthur C. Clarke Quotes
Clarke's Third Law: Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
Quotes to Explore
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I am in a traditional financial services business - but we at Fidelity can see that the evolution of technology is setting our industry up for disruption. What if this technology could do for the transfer of value what the Internet did for the transfer of information?
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Together with international unity and resolve we can meet the challenge of this global scourge and work to bring about an international law of zero tolerance for terrorism.
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There's precedent for adjudicatory proceedings on technology issues to have massive consumer and business benefits. One of the most famous was the so-called Carterfone decision in 1968.
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There was a time when I was practicing law in New York and I wanted to find something else to do. So I ended up leaving the practice of law to pursue my art and it just happened to be out of Lego bricks.
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Cinema reflects culture and there is no harm in adapting technology, but not at the cost of losing your originality.
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The jury has the right to determine both the law and the facts.
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You just do the best you can with what you've got... and sometimes magic strikes.
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Humanity is acquiring all the right technology for all the wrong reasons.
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I'm a novelist, a critic, an essayist - I tend to see politics as a subset of cultures rather than the other way around. It's a human enterprise, a tool or a technology revealing our collective inner self.
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Ethics are not necessarily to do with being law-abiding. I am very interested in the moral path, doing the right thing.
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This is unproven technology, and if you don't know what you're doing, you shouldn't interact with tokens - from an investor and security perspective.
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Computing technology started out as number-crunching.
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Technology, like art, is a soaring exercise of the human imagination.
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The first law of ecology is that everything is related to everything else.
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One with the law is a majority.
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Surely, I must at all times attempt to obey the law of the state. But when the will of God and the will of the state conflict, I am compelled to follow the will of God.
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Donald Trump did not appear by magic.
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It's a violation of federal law for an officer or an employee of the United States government to make or authorize an expenditure or obligation exceeding the amount we've appropriated.
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When you're rehearsing, you get really inspired in the beginning, but then it becomes repetitious and you lose the magic. How do you get the magic again? The magic happens when you're not pushing it.
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Kissing in films, it's just another thing you have to do. It kind of becomes as technical as how to open a door, really.
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Hemp has the potential to be a major boon to Colorado agriculture, giving farmers another viable and profitable option for their fields.
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Going to a movie is a two-hour experience; at $7.50 for a ticket, you are valuing your time at far less than the minimum wage. If you don't understand the film, don't leave. If you understand it all too well and hate it, get out of your seat and walk up the aisle. You will feel empowered.
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A little allegory of the soul - wherever it hides, God will find it.
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Clarke's Third Law: Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
