Carl Sagan Quotes
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The fondest dream of the information age is to create an archive of all knowledge. You might call it the Alexandrian fantasy, after the great library founded by Ptolemy I in 286 BC.
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I wear jewellery that I never take off. I have a ring and two necklaces. I always have them on and get scared when I have to take them off for photo shoots. The ring is my mum's mum's mum's, and she gave it to me for my 18th birthday. The necklace is the same one that my sister has. She's called Hannah, and the name is the chain.
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An act of unilateral nuclear disarmament by a European power would have a much more lasting impact than all the sanctions under consideration. Sanctions, as we know from the example of Iraq, always affect the least powerful citizens the most.
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I'm gonna live my life the correct way, and I'm gonna be a champion the kids look up to and hopefully aspire to be like.
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I buy companies for strategic reasons and operate them.
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I have been blessed with roles that allow me to express something very personal at a specific time in my life. I seek them out; acting is my therapy.
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Alas! how difficult it is not to betray one's guilt by one's looks.
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My mother and my sister are big Jon Snow fans.
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One of my favourite activities is eating.
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Everything in the world we want to do or get done, we must do with and through people.
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I think what I bring to the table is a lot of heart, a lot of energy, and somebody that works hard. Somebody who hates to lose.
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Life provides material for its agitation which makes its general views comprehensible to the masses.
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If knowledge and foresight are too penetrating and deep, unify them with ease and sincerity.
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I believe that people who don't achieve anything in life are isolated and resent those that are successful.
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Working across the aisle, I helped pass laws exposing business dealings in Iran, cracking down on Iranian human rights abusers, and applying crippling sanctions to Iran's oil and gas industries.
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You never let a serious crisis go to waste. And what I mean by that it's an opportunity to do things you think you could not do before.
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All of us at reddit work here because we think that reddit is a community like none other. We think it can be a powerful force to change the world for the better.
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There are no secrets about the world of nature. There are secrets about the thoughts and intentions of men.
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I've been grateful enough, smart enough to take the work with Ian McKellen in Gods And Monsters.
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I stumbled into soul music at a very young age. It had something that really spoke to me. Nowadays it's not only American gospel or soul music, it's whenever somebody decides to do music in a way that's honest and passionate. I got into the Motown songs. It had to do with where I come from - we don't really have that where I come from, the sense of mystery and the pain. Sweden has been a wealthy and happy country for some time now. I think I got really drawn to that.
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As the U.S. prison population has surged over the decades, the legal profession's distaste for former inmates has become more conspicuous. And it isn't only law. Medical schools often have committees to evaluate cases and mitigating factors but are generally reluctant to admit ex-inmates.
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Who isn't a fan of Ray Charles?
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Matter is composed chiefly of nothing.
