It is always useful, you see, to subject the past life of reform politicians to rather inquisitive research. - Isaac Asimov

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The one place where I can relax is on the golf course with my teammates and buddies, assuming I'm hitting the golf ball well. If I'm not, well, that is another story.

Isaac Asimov

It is always useful, you see, to subject the past life of reform politicians to rather inquisitive research.

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There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.

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Any book worth banning is a book worth reading.

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At odd and unpredictable times, we cling in fright to the past.

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The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.

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I made up my mind long ago to follow one cardinal rule in all my writing-to be clear. I have given up all thought of writing poetically or symbolically or experimentally, or in any of the other modes that might (if I were good enough) get me a Pulitzer prize. I would write merely clearly and in this way establish a warm relationship between myself and my readers, and the professional critics-Well, they can do whatever they wish.

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The one place where I can relax is on the golf course with my teammates and buddies, assuming I'm hitting the golf ball well. If I'm not, well, that is another story.

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Art, especially the stage, is an area where it is impossible to walk without stumbling.

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