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Before a war military science seems a real science, like astronomy

Before a war military science seems a real science, like astronomy; but after a war it seems more like astrology. – Rebecca West

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Any authentic work of art must start an argument between the artist and his audience. – Rebecca West

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It is sometimes very hard to tell the difference between history and the smell of skunk. – Rebecca West

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The main difference between men and women is that men are lunatics and women are idiots. – Rebecca West

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All anyone can see in a birthchart are tendencies that will become facts if he does not do something to alter them. – Isabel Hickey

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The vast majority, who believe in astrology and think that the planets have nothing better to do than form a code that will tell them whether tomorrow is a good day to close a business deal or not, become all the more excited and enthusiastic about the bilge when a group of astronomers denounces it. – Isaac Asimov

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Astrology is a language. If you understand this language, the sky speaks to you. – Dane Rudhyar

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The only function of economic forecasting is to make astrology look respectable. – John Kenneth Galbraith

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