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“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.”
― Arthur C. Clarke, Profiles of the Future: An Inquiry into the Limits of the Possible

“Be thankful that you have a life, and forsake your vain and presumptuous desire for a second one.”
― Richard Dawkins

“Religion teaches you to be satisfied with nonanswers. It’s a sort of crime against childhood.”
― Richard Dawkins

“There's real poetry in the real world. Science is the poetry of reality”
― Richard Dawkins

“I'm sure the universe is full of intelligent life. It's just been too intelligent to come here.”
― Arthur C. Clarke

“It pays to keep an open mind, but not so open your brains fall out.”
― Carl Sagan

“But until a person can say deeply and honestly, "I am what I am today because of the choices I made yesterday," that person cannot say, "I choose otherwise.”
― Stephen R. Covey, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change

“Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply.”
― Stephen R. Covey, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change

“Start with the end in mind. ”
― Stephen R. Covey, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People