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I doubt very much if Mao would ever command great respect from the intellectual élite of China, perhaps not entirely because he has an extraordinary mind, but because he has the personal habits of a peasant.

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H. G. Wells

I felt the first inkling of a thing that presently grew quite clear in my mind, that oppressed me for many days, a sense of dethronement, a persuasion that I was no longer a master, but an animal among the animals, under the Martian heel. With us it would be as with them, to lurk and watch, to run and hide; the fear and empire of man had passed away.

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We all have our time machines, don't we. Those that take us back are memories. . . And those that carry us forward, are dreams.

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The cat, which is a solitary beast, is single minded and goes its way alone, but, the dog, like his master, is confused in his mind.

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Am I dreaming? Has the world gone mad--or have I?

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You are not mechanics, you are warriors. You have been trained, not to think, but to do.

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