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Arthur C. Clarke

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The greatest tragedy in mankind's entire history may be the hijacking of morality by religion.


— Arthur C. Clarke


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New ideas pass through three periods: 1) It can't be done. 2) It probably can be done, but it's not worth doing. 3) I knew it was a good idea all along!


— Arthur C. Clarke


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I don't believe in God but I'm very interested in her.


— Arthur C. Clarke


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And so Discovery drove on toward Saturn, as often as not pulsating with the cool music of the harpsichord, the frozen thoughts of a brain that had been dust for twice a hundred years.


— Arthur C. Clarke


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Our lifetime may be the last that will be lived out in a technological society.


— Arthur C. Clarke


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This is the first age that's ever paid much attention to the future, which is a little ironic since we may not have one.


— Arthur C. Clarke


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The intelligent minority of this world will mark 1 January 2001 as the real beginning of the 21st century and the Third Millennium.


— Arthur C. Clarke


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Reading computer manuals without the hardware is as frustrating as reading manuals without the software.


— Arthur C. Clarke


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Perhaps, as some wit remarked, the best proof that there is Intelligent Life in Outer Space is the fact it hasn't come here. Well, it can't hide forever - one day we will overhear it.


— 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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