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Science holds our answer; knowledge—real knowledge, verifiable knowledge, not superstition, not religious nonsense—will be our salvation.

— Robert J. Sawyer Quintaglio Ascension Trilogy (1992)

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The fundamental of war has always been dehumanizing the enemy, seeing him as a soulless animal.

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Still, you must know that the fear of death is irrational; death comes to everyone.

Calculating God (2000)

He who foresees calamities suffers them twice over.

Flashforward (1999)

You’re right to be skeptical—the world would be a better place if we were all a little less credulous.

Flashforward (1999)

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