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Источник: Египет. От древних цивилизаций до современности.
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“It is well-known that the friend of a conqueror is but the last victim.”
Источник: The Foundation series (1951–1993), Foundation and Empire (1952), Chapter 22 “Death on Neotrantor”
“Happiness is doing it rotten your own way.”
I. Asimov: A Memoir (1994)
Isaac Asimov книга The Gods Themselves
Section 3 “...contend in vain?”, Chapter 3 (p. 187)
The Gods Themselves (1972)
The Near East (1968), p. 260
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"The Secrets of the Universe" (1989) (essay reprinted in The Secret of the Universe (1992), p. 168)
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“The best way to describe anyone is to give an example of the kind of thing he would do.”
In Joy Still Felt (1980), p. 499
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“Necessity makes a joke of civilization.”
In Joy Still Felt (1980), p. 124
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The Annotated Gulliver's Travels (1980), p. 16
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“Certain success evicts one from the paradise of winning against the odds.”
Isaac Asimov книга In Memory Yet Green
In Memory Yet Green (1979), p. 420
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Isaac Asimov книга In Memory Yet Green
In Memory Yet Green (1979), p. 200
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Star Wars was entertainment for the masses and did not try to be anything more. Leave your sophistication at the door, get into the spirit, and you can have a fun ride. … Seeing a rotten picture for the special effects is like eating a tough steak for the smothered onions, or reading a bad book for the dirty parts. Optical wizardry is something a movie can do that a book can’t but it is no substitute for a story, for logic, for meaning. It is ornamentation, not substance. In fact, whenever a science fiction picture is praised overeffusively for its special effects, I know it’s a bad picture. Is that all they can find to talk about? <br class="br">"Editorial: The Reluctant Critic", in Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine, Vol. 2, Issue 6, (12 November 1978) https://archive.org/stream/Asimovs_v02n06_1978-11-12/ <br class="br">General sources
The Dark Ages (1968), p. 188
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The Near East (1968), p. 33
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“Religion is more conservative than any other aspect of human life.”
The Near East (1968), p. 14
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"Constructing a Man" in Is Anyone There? (1967), p. 93
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"On Flying Saucers" in Is Anyone There? (1967), pp. 215–216
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"Thinking About Thinking" in Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, January 1975
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"Alas, All Human" in Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, June 1979
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Our Federal Union (1975), p. 248
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“In the world of today can there be peace anywhere until there is peace everywhere?”
The Egyptians (1967), p. 241
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“Generals are usually a conservative force who can be relied on to oppose social change.”
The Egyptians (1967), p. 93
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Источник: Empire novels (1950–1952), The Stars, Like Dust (1951), Chapter 20 “Where?” (p. 166)
She said softly, “I have tried not to love you and, as you see, I have failed.”
Источник: Empire novels (1950–1952), The Stars, Like Dust (1951), Chapter 19 “Defeat!” (p. 163)
“Then why did you run? A man who runs needs no other accusation.”
Isaac Asimov книга The Currents of Space
“Is that so? Really?” cried Steen. “Well, I would run out of a burning building even if I had not set the fire myself.”
Источник: Empire novels (1950–1952), The Currents of Space (1952), Chapter 16 “The Accused” (p. 163)
“You make interstellar politics sound a very dirty game.”
Isaac Asimov книга The Currents of Space
“It is, but disapproving of dirt doesn’t remove it.”
Источник: Empire novels (1950–1952), The Currents of Space (1952), Chapter 14 “The Renegade” (p. 141)
