"Astronomy, as nothing else can do, teaches men humility."

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Arthur C. Clarke

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“Should you encounter the enemy, he will be defeated! No quarter will be given! Prisoners will not be taken! Whoever falls into your hands is forfeited. Just as a thousand years ago the Huns under their King Attila made a name for themselves, one that even today makes them seem mighty in history and legend, may the name German be affirmed by you in such a way in China that no Chinese will ever again dare to look cross-eyed at a German.”

Source : "Hun Speech". Address in Bremerhaven to the German Expeditionary Force Prior to its Departure for China, germanhistorydocs.ghi-dc.org. July 27, 1900.
“The work comes into the world at an undetermined hour, from a still unknown, but it comes inevitably.”
“I'm a 'Lost' guy, I love 'Lost.”
“When I'm writing a book, you can't think about your audience. You're going to be in big trouble if you think about it. You're got to write from deep inside.”
“Talk to yourself in two languages - what do I fear and what do I love - in order to balance the body and the soul.”
“In Burma, we are being told by so-called experts and some governments that we must be patient and that there can be incremental change through Parliament. The UN did this, and failed spectacularly, and while they did, the human rights situation got worse. The dictatorship ignored the UN and international community, making not a single concession. Now we are being told again these Parliaments are new, we should engage with them and if improved they can bring positive change. I don't place any hope in that.”
“My thinking is that if we're going to take from a culture, let's take from a culture that has exemplified success for thousands of years.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I think there's a lot of hope in my work. I don't think I'm a total pessimist, so I think you can find hope in all my films. Some more than others, but there's definitely... I think we want to convey the feeling of hope with the montage at the end.”

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