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I have tried to keep on with my striving because this is the only hope I have of ever achieving anything worthwhile and lasting. — Arthur Ashe
Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is. — Isaac Asimov
No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the world as it is, but the world as it will… — Isaac Asimov
When I read about the way in which library funds are being cut and cut, I can only think that American society has found one… — Isaac Asimov
If my doctor told me I had only six minutes to live, I wouldn't brood. I'd type a little faster. — Isaac Asimov
I don't believe in personal immortality; the only way I expect to have some version of such a thing is through my books. — Isaac Asimov
John Dalton's records, carefully preserved for a century, were destroyed during the World War II bombing of Manchester. It is not only the living who… — Isaac Asimov
The only thing we have learnt from experience is that we learn nothing from experience. — Chinua Achebe
An understanding of the natural world and what's in it is a source of not only a great curiosity but great fulfillment. — David Attenborough
The only way to save a rhinoceros is to save the environment in which it lives, because there's a mutual dependency between it and millions… — David Attenborough
There is no question that climate change is happening; the only arguable point is what part humans are playing in it. — David Attenborough
Many individuals are doing what they can. But real success can only come if there is a change in our societies and in our economics… — David Attenborough
Television of course actually started in Britain in 1936, and it was a monopoly, and there was only one broadcaster and it operated on a… — David Attenborough
You can only get really unpopular decisions through if the electorate is convinced of the value of the environment. That's what natural history programmes should… — David Attenborough
I hope that people will finally come to realize that there is only one 'race' - the human race - and that we are all… — Margaret Atwood
An eye for an eye only leads to more blindness. — Margaret Atwood
'1984' is not a wonder tale. Not only could it happen, but it has happened, but under different names. — Margaret Atwood
Little girls are cute and small only to adults. To one another they are not cute. They are life-sized. — Margaret Atwood
Myths can't be translated as they did in their ancient soil. We can only find our own meaning in our own time. — Margaret Atwood
People use technology only to mean digital technology. Technology is actually everything we make. — Margaret Atwood
Science fiction, to me, has not only things that wouldn't happen, but other planets. — Margaret Atwood
Foreignness is all around. Only in the heart of the heart of the country, namely the heart of the United States, can you avoid such… — Margaret Atwood
I began writing at the age of 5, but there was a dark period between the ages of 8 and 16 when I didn't write.… — Margaret Atwood
The genesis of a poem for me is usually a cluster of words. The only good metaphor I can think of is a scientific one:… — Margaret Atwood
Perhaps there is only one cardinal sin: impatience. Because of impatience we were driven out of Paradise, because of impatience we cannot return. — Wystan Hugh Auden

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