“We're capable of great things. And I've no doubt that the creature that follows us will be capable of even more. Evolution didn't stop with us: "Oh great and beautiful mankind! We've made it!" We haven't. Evolution can go on forever.”

—  Gene Roddenberry

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American television screenwriter and producer 1921–1991

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