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Arthur C. Clarke quote: "Magic's just science that we don't understand yet."

Magic's just science that we don't understand yet.

Arthur C. Clarke

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Aristotle quote: "The least deviation from truth will be multiplied later."
The least deviation from truth will be multiplied later. Aristotle
I'll get to the force field of this hostility, why it's there, why the rage is in any of us, why the trash takes place, whether or not it's between me and a couple of hecklers in the audience or between this country and another nation, the rage. Michael Richards
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In heaven we shall appear, not in armour, but in robes of glory. But here these are to be worn night and day; we must walk, work, and sleep in them, or else we are not true soldiers of Christ. William Gurnall
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