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Arthur Eric Clarke (3 December 1921 – 4 July 2014) was a British Fullbore Rifle shooter. He represented Scotland in the Commonwealth Games in 1982, 1986 and 1990, winning Gold in the Fullbore Rifle Queens Prize in the 1982 Commonwealth Games.
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“If we have learned one thing from the history of invention and discovery, it is that, in the long run — and often in the short one — the most daring prophecies seem laughably conservative.”
“Perhaps our role on this planet is not to worship God — but to create Him.”
“Crane, I love you, but you're bullheaded and blind when you want to be. You preach tolerance, politeness, but you do the same thing everyone else does—you try and build some cumulative tally of pain and loss, then compete to see who got hurt more. You can't base your relationship with the world on that.”
“He knew something of the emotion the artist must feel when his dreams become reality.”
“This sounded promising, and my coefficient of cupidity jumped several points.”
“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from nature.”
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