Quotes by Arthur C. Clarke, 2001: A Space Odyssey

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He did not know that the Old One was his father, for such a relationship was utterly beyond his understanding, but as he — Arthur C. Clarke, 2001: A Space Odyssey
This is only a work of fiction , The Truth as always will be far stranger — Arthur C. Clarke, 2001: A Space Odyssey
Now, before you make a movie, you have to have a script, and before you have a script, you have to have a story; though — Arthur C. Clarke, 2001: A Space Odyssey
. . . Moon-Watcher felt the first faint twinges of a new and potent emotion. It was a vague and diffuse sense of envy--o — Arthur C. Clarke, 2001: A Space Odyssey
Bowman was aware of some changes in his behavior patterns; it would have been absurd to expect anything else in the circ — Arthur C. Clarke, 2001: A Space Odyssey
Now times had changed, and the inherited wisdom of the past had become folly. — Arthur C. Clarke, 2001: A Space Odyssey
As his body became more and more defenseless, so his means of offense became steadily more frightful. — Arthur C. Clarke, 2001: A Space Odyssey
Though the man-apes often fought and wrestled one another, their disputes very seldom resulted in serious injuries. Havi — Arthur C. Clarke, 2001: A Space Odyssey
The confrontation lasted about five minutes; then the display died out as quickly as it had begun, and everyone drank hi — Arthur C. Clarke, 2001: A Space Odyssey