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In ancient times cats were worshipped as gods; they have not forgotten this.

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The pen is mightier than the sword if the sword is very short, and the pen is very sharp.

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Never trust any complicated cocktail that remains perfectly clear until the last ingredient goes in, and then immediately clouds.

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This isn't life in the fast lane, it's life in the oncoming traffic.

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Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.

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Most gods throw dice, but Fate plays chess, and you don't find out til too late that he's been playing with two queens all along.

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They say a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but it's not one half so bad as a lot of ignorance.

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Evolution was far more thrilling to me than the biblical account. Who would not rather be a rising ape than a falling angel? To my juvenile eyes, Darwin was proved true every day. It doesn't take much to make us flip back into monkeys again.

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Everything starts somewhere, although many physicists disagree.

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There are things around, and I know where they can be got quite easily, but I quite like waking up to the sunshine.

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Author

Born: April 28th, 1948

Died: March 12th, 2015

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