Carl Sagan Quotes
The Cosmos is all that is or ever was or ever will be. Our feeblest contemplations of the Cosmos stir us - there is a tingling in the spine, a catch in the voice, a faint sensation as if a distant memory, of falling from a height. We know we are approaching the greatest of mysteries.
Quotes to Explore
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I am a genius who has written poems that will survive with the best of Shakespeare, Wordsworth and Keats.
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Let there be a door to thy mouth, that it may be shut when need arises, and let it be carefully barred, that none may rouse thy voice to anger, and thou pay back abuse with abuse.
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My personal view is that I am opposed to the death penalty.
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It is my hope that I will be able to work with legislative leaders on both sides of the aisle and Gov. Hickenlooper to find a solution to fix our ailing pension system.
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The underdog often starts the fight, and occasionally the upper dog deserves to win.
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The gratification of desire is not happiness.
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I want to spend as much time as I can with my family, yet I'm aware of having to bring home the bacon.
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I've been brought up with the Christian faith with my family.
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Bragging about yourself violates norms of modesty and politeness - and if you were really competent, your work would speak for itself.
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I would love to work with someone like Kevin Spacey as he could pass on what I need to learn.
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In should be the duty of every soldier to reflect on the experiences of the past, in the endeavor to discover improvements, in his particular sphere of action, which are practicable in the immediate future.
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I've always written about adultery because it raises the question of transgression and trouble.
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I'm never going to do something that I don't want to do, because I've been given the opportunity to not have to do that.
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I'm a warrior when it comes to pursuing roles.
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I'm not in the luxury-goods business. I sell unique objects. I wish I was in luxury goods because then I could just call the factory and say, 'I need 10,000 more of whatever.' But I can't - because then it's not art, it's something else.
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My job is to come up with something that you like and you agree with that you would play wholeheartedly. If we disagree, I may not be doing my job correctly.
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There's a certain attitude to Los Angeles.
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Many talk much, and indeed well, of what Christ has done for us: but how little is spoken of what he is to do in us! and yet all that he has done for us is in reference to what he is to do in us.
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Some things are only real because they represent what we think. When we learn the truth and think it, the old reality is no longer real to us and loses its hold on us. The truth sets us free.
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It's always been my dream to just continually do really cool indie movies - character-driven stuff.
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I think I'm actually more vulnerable than people imagine.
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Writing the past is never a neutral act. Writing always asks the past to justify itself, to give its reasons... provided we can live with the reasons. What we want is a narrative, not a log; a tale, not a trial. This is why most people write memoirs using the conventions not of history, but of fiction.
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I really have created a family. I work with the people I love, I travel with them, I make films with them, and I'm in an office with them. So in a weird way - I know I haven't birthed a child - I feel that I'm a part of creating a family. It's a tribe. I love that word.
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The Cosmos is all that is or ever was or ever will be. Our feeblest contemplations of the Cosmos stir us - there is a tingling in the spine, a catch in the voice, a faint sensation as if a distant memory, of falling from a height. We know we are approaching the greatest of mysteries.
