Arthur C. Clarke Quotes
Khedron was content with the order of things as it was. True, he might upset that order from time to time-but only by a little. He was a critic, not a revolutionary. On the placidly flowing river of time, he wished only to make a few ripples; he shrank from diverting its course.
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I forced myself to think what is the new concept and it became clear to me that it was risk, not only in technology and ecology, but in life and employment, too.
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Never regret yesterday. Life is in you today and you make your tomorrow.
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Playing drums feels like coming home for me. Even during the White Stripes I thought: 'I'll do this for now, but I'm really a drummer.' That's what I'll put on my passport application.
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I propose a Constitutional Amendment providing that, if any public official, elected or appointed, at any level of government, is caught lying to any member of the public for any reason, the punishment shall be death by public hanging.
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I don't use drugs, my dreams are frightening enough.
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Cartooning was a good fit for me. And yet now, years later, I almost never think about it.
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Ohio has long been an embarrassment to charter-school supporters nationwide, with its trail of scandal and graft and abysmal student performance.
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If you keep on saying things are going to be bad, you have a good chance of being a prophet.
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It would be nice to be on the charts again, nice to be recognised.
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Governments and nations should sit together and resolve issues. Reforms must be reached through understanding. But others should not interfere.
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For the first time, the weird and the stupid and the coarse are becoming our cultural norms, even our cultural ideal.
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I always believe that people can learn a broader skill set. You need good technology and solving a big problem. I always think that, at it's core, it's solving a problem; you're not building technology for the sake of technology.
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My daughter passed away in 2003.
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Start the practice of self-control with some penance; begin with fasting.
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The vegetable life does not content itself with casting from the flower or the tree a single seed, but it fills the air and earth with a prodigality of seeds, that, if thousands perish, thousands may plant themselves, that hundreds may come up, that tens may live to maturity; that, at least one may replace the parent.
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The logical thing is to implement the Arab Defense Agreement.
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I make my own face exfoliant at home, using finely ground rice powder mixed with milk or yogurt. I also treat my skin to a honey, rose water, glycerine and lemon face pack. The honey moisturises, and the lemon removes impurities.
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I'm very tomboy, and I'm inspired by hip hop artists.
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I'm a sucker for a good country song.
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The benefit of appointing a hawkish central banker is the increased inflation-fighting credibility that such an appointment brings.
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Any time you end a relationship, and everyone has ended plenty in their life, it's always a tough thing and hard to get over.
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In terms of my free time, I really don't have much. The time I do have, I enjoy being domestic and spending time with my girlfriend, hiking and playing tennis.
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You will have Time, that rare and lovely gift that your Western countries have lost the more they have pursued it.
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Khedron was content with the order of things as it was. True, he might upset that order from time to time-but only by a little. He was a critic, not a revolutionary. On the placidly flowing river of time, he wished only to make a few ripples; he shrank from diverting its course.
