| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 33324 |
| QUOTATION: | Dr. Floyd, I hope you don’t think I’m being too inquisitive but perhaps you can clear up the great big mystery about what has been going on up there. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Stanley Kubrick (b. 1928), U.S. director, screenwriter. Andrej Smyslov (Leonard Rossiter), 2001: A Space Odyssey, discussing rumors surrounding an epidemic on Jupiter (1968).
Adapted from Arthur C. Clarke’s short story “The Sentinel.” |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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