CNN is one of the participants in the war. I have a fantasy where Ted Turner is elected president but refuses because he doesn't want to give up power.

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About Arthur C. Clarke

Sir Arthur Charles Clarke (16 December 1917 – 19 March 2008) was a British science fiction writer, science writer, futurist, inventor, undersea explorer, and television series host.

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At the present rate of progress, it is almost impossible to imagine any technical feat that cannot be achieved - if it can be achieved at all - within the next few hundred years.

—Arthur C. Clarke

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

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It may be that the old astrologers had the truth exactly reversed, when they believed that the stars controlled the destinies of men. The time may come when men control the destinies of stars.

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There is hopeful symbolism in the fact that flags do not wave in a vacuum.

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

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earth ocean planet geography geology

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