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"She's qualified all right. She understands robots like a sister-comes from hating human beings so much, I think."
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"Man lives consciously for himself, but is an unconscious instrument in the attainment of the historic, universal, aims of humanity."

"Murphy watched me thoughtfully for several empty seconds. Then she said, very gently, "You're a good man, Harry."I swallowed and bowed my head, made humble by the tone of her voice and the expression on her face, more than the words themselves.Not always rational," she said, smiling. "But you're the best kind of crazy."

"Instead of narrowing our allegiances to only include our favored nation, let us sing an anthem to the marvelous human being."

"We are creatures taken seriously by the Earth, because we can severely affect the fate of the Earth, but we are in no way taken seriously by the Universe yet!"

"Humility is one of the best expressions of self respect."
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"Science fiction writers foresee the inevitable, and although problems and catastrophes may be inevitable, solutions are not."

"The age of the pulp magazine was the last in which youngsters, to get their primitive material, were forced to be literate."

"When I feel difficulty coming on I switch to another book I'm writing. When I get back to the problem my unconscious has solved it."

"The thanks of a weak one are but of little value," he muttered, "but you have them, for truly, in this past week, little but scraps have come my way- and for all my body is small, yet is my appetite unseemly great."

"To surrender to ignorance and call it God has always been premature, and it remains premature today."

"I don't believe in personal immortality; the only way I expect to have some version of such a thing is through my books."

"The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' but 'That's funny...'"
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