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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To keep shooting at a folly after it is dead is unsportsmanlike.
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That's the Oscars for ya - you remember who was nominated, but you don't remember who won!
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We know there was an arc, but we don’t know why there was an arc.
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I love Sunday lunches with the family that start at 1 P.M. and finish at 5 P.M.
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Matter is composed chiefly of nothing.
