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Science fiction writers foresee the inevitable, and although problems and catastrophes may be inevitable, solutions are not.


Isaac Asimov

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MARK PROCTOR The inevitable is no less a shock just because it is inevitable.
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CORY DOCTOROW that even the most casual of compliments can be given that extra little touch that women adore.
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BARBARA SHER I think that DOS attacks are inevitable.
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SAUL STEINBERG With science fiction I think we are preparing ourselves for contact with them, whoever they may be.
DWIGHT SCHULTZ The ruling classes today nourish the conviction that national hatreds and rivalries are inevitable.
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ISAAC ASIMOV I am the beneficiary of a lucky break in the genetic sweepstakes.
ISAAC ASIMOV Nunca dejes que la moral te impida dejar de hacer lo que está bien
ISAAC ASIMOV It's not so much what you have to learn if you accept weird theories, it's what you have to unlearn
ISAAC ASIMOV The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds the most discoveries, is not "Eure...
ISAAC ASIMOV To surrender to ignorance and call it God has always been premature, and it remains premature today.
ISAAC ASIMOV Estamos constantemente al borde de lo incognoscible, e intentando entender lo que no puede ser enten...
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