Politicians should read science fiction, not westerns and detective stories.
Arthur C. Clarke
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More quotes by Arthur C. Clarke
- This is the first age that's ever paid much attention to the future, which is a little ironic since we may not have one.
- Sometimes I think we're alone in the universe, and sometimes I think we're not. In either case the idea is quite staggering.
- The best measure of a man's honesty isn't his income tax return. It's the zero adjust on his bathroom scale.
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