"Isaac Asimov is, in reality, based on something I had invented a few years previously."

-- Arthur C. Clarke

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“Mortals are known by their actions; this is the way it has to be. They should show goodness, and not be deformed by their actions; this is how they are called beautiful. Whatever they desire, they shall receive; O Nanak, they become the very image of God.”
“I believe absolutely in love being the central motive force of the universe.”
“Holiness is the sum of a million little things â€” the avoidance of little evils and little foibles, the setting aside of little bits of worldliness and little acts of compromise, the putting to death of little inconsistencies and little indiscretions, the attention to little duties and little dealings, the hard work of little self-denials and little self-restraints, the cultivation of little benevolences and little forbearances.”
“From the beginning of time, in childhood, I thought that pain meant I was not loved. It meant I loved.”
“When fish experience something that would cause other animals physical pain, they behave in ways suggestive of pain, and the change in behaviour may last several hours.”
“There is no such thing as can't.”
“Because God gave you your makeup and superintended every moment of your past, including all the hardship, pain, and struggles, He wants to use your words in a unique manner. No one else can speak through your vocal cords, and, equally important, no one else has your story.”
“It's a shame to be the face of chess and to play chess badly.”

Source : "The New Face of Chess Is a Pretty One" by Catherine Donaldson-Evans, www.foxnews.com. April 15, 2002.

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