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Re: Isaac Asimov died (6-4-1992)

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by: HenHanna - Sun, 7 Apr 2024 23:17 UTC

On 4/7/2024 2:27 PM, Ross Clark wrote:
> "Writing is my only interest. Even speaking is an interruption."

What was Isaac Asimov's famous quote?

------ There is a single light of science, and to
brighten it anywhere is to brighten it everywhere. Writing, to me, is
simply thinking through my fingers. The saddest aspect of life right now
is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.

________________________
He was married twice, both times to women.
And in his decades of being a well-known public figure, there have never
been any public claims (or even rumors that I've heard about), of him
having romantic attachments with men. He died of AIDS, but assuming that
must have resulted from sexual contact would be a mistake.

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