The terror of the atom age is not the violence of the new power but the speed of man's adjustment to it, the speed of his acceptance.
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I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.
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One of the most time-consuming things is to have an enemy.
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English usage is sometimes more than mere taste, judgment and education - sometimes it's sheer luck, like getting across the street.
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I see nothing in space as promising as the view from a Ferris wheel.
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Be obscure clearly.
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