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Isaac Asimov

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It is not only the living who are killed in war.


— Isaac Asimov


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From my close observation of writers... they fall into two groups: 1) those who bleed copiously and visibly at any bad review, and 2) those who bleed copiously and secretly at any bad review.


— Isaac Asimov


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I write for the same reason I breathe - because if I didn't, I would die.


— Isaac Asimov


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


— Isaac Asimov


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The true delight is in the finding out rather than in the knowing.


— Isaac Asimov


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It pays to be obvious, especially if you have a reputation for subtlety.


— Isaac Asimov


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Dalton's records, carefully preserved for a century, were destroyed during the World War II bombing of Manchester. It is not only the living who are killed in war.


— Isaac Asimov


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A subtle thought that is in error may yet give rise to fruitful inquiry that can establish truths of great value.


— Isaac Asimov


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Creationists make it sound as though a 'theory' is something you dreamt up after being drunk all night.


— Isaac Asimov


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There is a single light of science, and to brighten it anywhere is to brighten it everywhere.


— Isaac Asimov


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About Isaac Asimov

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Did you know about Isaac Asimov?

In between he spent three years during World War II working as a civilian at the Philadelphia Navy Yard's Naval Air Experimental Station. During his oral examination shortly thereafter Asimov grew concerned at the scrutiny he received. He especially worries that Israel has been created among hostile neighbours and that Jews have merely created for themselves another "Jewish ghetto".

His only works in the 100s—which covers philosophy and psychology—were forewords for The Humanist Way (1988) and In Pursuit of Truth (1982) a festschrift in honor of philosopher Sir Karl Popper's 80th birthday. He often provides nationalities birth dates and death dates for the scientists he mentions as well as etymologies and pronunciation guides for technical terms. Asimov wrote the Lucky Starr series of juvenile science-fiction novels using the pen name Paul French.

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