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Arthur C. Clarke

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It is not easy to see how the more extreme forms of nationalism can long survive when men have seen the Earth in its true perspective as a single small globe against the stars.


— Arthur C. Clarke


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Human judges can show mercy. But against the laws of nature, there is no appeal.


— Arthur C. Clarke


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The limits of the possible can only be defined by going beyond them into the impossible.


— Arthur C. Clarke


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The best measure of a man's honesty isn't his income tax return. It's the zero adjust on his bathroom scale.


— Arthur C. Clarke


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I don't believe in astrology; I'm a Sagittarius and we're skeptical.


— Arthur C. Clarke


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Sometimes I think we're alone in the universe, and sometimes I think we're not. In either case the idea is quite staggering.


— Arthur C. Clarke


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If an elderly but distinguished scientist says that something is possible, he is almost certainly right; but if he says that it is impossible, he is very probably wrong.


— Arthur C. Clarke


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It may be that our role on this planet is not to worship God - but to create him.


— Arthur C. Clarke


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I have a fantasy where Ted Turner is elected President but refuses because he doesn't want to give up power.


— Arthur C. Clarke


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How inappropriate to call this planet Earth when it is quite clearly Ocean.


— Arthur C. Clarke


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In his biography of Stanley Kubrick John Baxter cites Clarke's homosexuality as a reason why he relocated due to more tolerant laws with regard to homosexuality in Sri Lanka. Concept of the geostationary communications satellite

Clarke contributed to the popularity of the idea that geostationary satellites would be ideal telecommunications relays. After a drawn-out development process – which Freeman attributed to difficulties in getting financing – it appeared that in 2003 this project might be proceeding but this is very dubious.

Clarke served in the Royal Air Force as a radar instructor and technician from 1941 to 1946. That year he discovered the underwater ruins of the ancient Koneswaram temple in Trincomalee. In 1956 Clarke emigrated to Sri Lanka largely to pursue his interest in scuba diving.

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