Carl Sagan Quotes
If a Creator God exists, would He or She or It... prefer a kind of sodden blockhead who worships while understanding nothing? Or would He prefer His votaries to admire the real universe in all its intracacy?
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There was this old soccer game called 'Goal' for the old Nintendo, and ever since then, I've played everything from the old school games to the 360.
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Talent is very hot.
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When I was drafted to Smackdown, I was like, 'Hell yes, I'm going to captain this ship.' Then I was like, 'Oh, wait, you're losing your best friend and travel partner and the person you enjoy having matches with the absolute most.' That's Charlotte. We travel together, and she is my best friend.
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Carbon's eastern neighbor on the table, nitrogen, dresses up diamonds in pinks, yellows, oranges, and brownish tints known romantically as 'champagne.'
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From my point of view, I'm a totally normal person! Really! I have a family. I have kids. I have a house... I don't have a dog.
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I like hip-hop, but I don't like concerts. There's, like, sweat on people's backs.
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I'm very involved in the writing on every level.
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Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong.
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When you're the best, you only want to surround yourself with the best.
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The only thing I liked about Christmas as a kid was the gifts; otherwise, it just seemed like a stressful time.
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It was never the fame or fortune that drove me to act. It was something I love and enjoy doing it. A lot of people identify who they are by what they do and that's not me. It's what I do but not who I am. Who I am is a parent. I'm a family man.
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When I was 14 years old, I was talking about much more mature things because of the writers that I had at the time. My first album was tied into what the culture was at that moment, which was Jodeci, Al B. Sure, Puff, The Hitmen. I reaped the benefits of being part of Bad Boy's movement. That was my introduction.
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Do I believe in coupling? Do I believe in commitment? Do I believe in co-parenting, raising children together, having a family, and growing old with someone? I absolutely believe in all of those things. I just don't believe that you need to be married to do that. I love going to weddings, though. I do love a good wedding.
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Vanity was a joke. She was an image created to make money.
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I am always looking for stories that have not been told too much, and one story that I think is really gripping and important is what police officers go through.
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Even when I turn 60, they'll call me a child actor.
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We're Midwestern guys who grew up listening to soul music.
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I don't think I have one particular favourite writer. I have many whose works I will always buy or reread - Muriel Spark, Anthony Powell, Robert Louis Stevenson, Ruth Rendell, James Ellroy, William McIlvanney, Kate Atkinson, John Burnside, Louise Welsh, Iain Banks.
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Like you do about Nelson Mandela, you can't help feeling the guy's a good man.
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The question is, why are we doing so well? The answer is, I try not to think about it too much. I just do what's fun.
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There are few signs in a soul's state more alarming than that of religious indifference, that is, the spirit of thinking all religions equally true- the real meaning of which is, that all religions are equally false.
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The magic of playing has to do with how much everyone wants it to succeed. If you have five players in a situation where the music is being improvised and one is determined it is not going to succeed, it won't succeed even if one of the musicians takes control.
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In my beginning is my end.
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If a Creator God exists, would He or She or It... prefer a kind of sodden blockhead who worships while understanding nothing? Or would He prefer His votaries to admire the real universe in all its intracacy?
