In a sense, there's a great truth to that, but, also I was a great reader. - A. E. van Vogt

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I would say that hardware is the bone of the head, the skull. The semiconductor is the brain within the head. The software is the wisdom and data is the knowledge.

A. E. van Vogt

In a sense, there's a great truth to that, but, also I was a great reader.

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The right to buy weapons is the right to be free.

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I had casually rented an apartment that cost $75 a month because I expected my writing to pay my way.

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It came about as follows: over the years when I was involved in dianetics, I wrote the beginnings of many stories. I would get an idea, and then write the beginning, and then never touch it again.

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You have to remember that I was a bright but simple fellow from Canada who seldom, if ever, met another writer, and then only a so-called literary type that occasionally sold a story and meanwhile worked in an office for a living.

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The encouragement I got from Campbell was a quick check and praise. Once the Space Beagle was launched on its mission, it seemed natural for it to breed additional thoughts.

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