Arthur C. Clarke Quotes
I am afraid that this chapter will amply demonstrate the truth of Clarke's 69th Law, viz., 'Reading computer manuals without the hardware is as frustrating as reading sex manuals without the software.' In both cases the cure is simple though usually very expensive.
Quotes to Explore
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I taught myself how to play the guitar. I never studied music.
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I am a citizen of the world.
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Democracies are expense-averse and they think in terms of short-term, political interests rather than a long-term interest in stability.
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Remember before nineteen seventy two Olympic Games I was total skinny, I was small, very strong, they may be don't like to see a gymnastics like that. I don't know but, gymnastics, might. Nineteen seventy two supposed to be change somewhere.
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Cornish wrestling was very different from that in Devon - it was less brutal, as no kicking was allowed.
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So they all went away from the little log house. The shutters were over the windows, so the little house could not see them go. It stayed there inside the log fence, behind the two big oak trees that in the summertime had made green roofs for Mary and Laura to play under.
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The crisis of black politics can only be resolved through the development of multiclass, multiracial, progressive political structures.
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As a mom of three young kids, it's difficult to reserve a big chunk of time for shopping, so I try to get my gifts little by little throughout the year. I think this is especially helpful for those of us who are budget conscious.
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I've always said that I benefit, as an actor, from not having the illusion of security.
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We read Robert Browning's poetry. Here we needed no guidance from the professor: the poems themselves were enough.
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I know that for me, a lot of people will look at me and they'll think 'Somali' or 'outsider' instead of 'Minnesota.'
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Marijuana is not tested for, and yet that is the big thing guys are getting in trouble with in the league. It's terrible.
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Pray to Christ for me that the animals will be the means of making me a sacrificial victim for God.
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War criminals in the U.S. and Israel are not punished: no international court has the courage to put them on trial.
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What scares me? Oh, now that's a big question. I don't know what scares me – cockroaches, nuclear apocalypse. Fear is an interesting thing. It has a place in all of our lives. I try to be as fearless as possible. I don't always succeed, but I like to think I try.
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Until I went to rehab, I didn't understand what it did.
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There is always a mix of apprehension and excitement before you try songs out on a new audience.
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I never thought of myself as a songwriter. I was just an artist writing songs, and they just happened to get placed.
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Supreme serenity still remains the Ideal of great Art. The shapes and transitory forms of life are but stages toward this Ideal, which Christ's religion illuminates with His divine light.
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Any book that helps a child to form a habit of reading, to make reading one of his deep and continuing needs, is good for him.
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I am afraid that this chapter will amply demonstrate the truth of Clarke's 69th Law, viz., 'Reading computer manuals without the hardware is as frustrating as reading sex manuals without the software.' In both cases the cure is simple though usually very expensive.
