Isaac Asimov - Foundation (1951)

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Is not all this an extraordinary concatenation of coincidence?
Pelorat said, If you list it like that—
List it any way you please, said Trevize. I don't believe in extraordinary concatenations of coincidence.

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You are a valuable subject, Brodrig. You always suspect far more than is necessary, and I have but to take half your suggested precautions to be utterly safe.

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To succeed, planning alone is insufficient. One must improvise as well.

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Inertia! Our ruling class knows one law; no change. Despotism! They know one rule; force. Maldistribution! They know one desire; to hold what is theirs.

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Ponyets! They sent you?
Pure chance, said Ponyets, bitterly, or the work of my own personal malevolent demon.

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It has been my philosophy of life that difficulties vanish when faced boldly.

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Q. You do not consider your statement a disloyal one?
A. No, sir. Scientific truth is beyond loyalty and disloyalty.
Q. You are sure that your statement represents scientific truth?
A. I am.

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If you're born in a cubicle and grow up in a corridor, and work in a cell, and vacation in a crowded sun-room, then coming up into the open with nothing but sky over you might just give you a nervous breakdown.

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Once you get it into your head that somebody is controlling events, you can interpret everything in that light and find no reasonable certainty anywhere.

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