Carl Sagan Quotes
We start out a million years ago in a small community on some grassy plain; we hunt animals, have children, and develop a rich social, sexual, and intellectual life, but we know almost nothing about our surroundings.

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If you can dream it, then you can achieve it. You will get all you want in life if you help enough other people get what they want.
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I'm the complete opposite of every clean cut, decent-looking guy you could ever think of. Yet, I have the biggest heart in the world.
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I endeavour to read more, be more informed on gay rights. Whatever floats your boat is my outlook. It's hard enough to be happy without having legislation against you, too.
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Excellence is not a skill, it's an attitude.
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To make money, I did portraits . The truth is so bizarre! I'm kind of embarrassed. I was like a 19th-century pirate painter. I'd say, 'Your mom would love a painting of you!' A salesman! I'd hawk paintings.
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I believe in luck. My luck's real streaky.
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Procrastination is one of the most common and deadliest of diseases and its toll on success and happiness is heavy.
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I've never necessarily chosen to be a bachelor. I've had girlfriends throughout the last 20 or 30 years. It's just that there were times when I met people that fascinated me and times I didn't.
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You have no ability, if you're a financial institution and you're threatened with criminal prosecution, you have no ability to negotiate.
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I've been designing since I was 8. I started sketching dresses I could wear when skating. I was always involved in all aspects of skating, not just the technique, the choreography, the music, but the visual aspects, too - what I should wear.
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Christmas is a season for kindling the fire for hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart.
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My experience is that's rare - that you have a script that is... what they call 'film-ready.'
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On the ground, Pakistan is the most virulently anti-American state on the planet.
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Galley Molina's a great inspiration and role model for a lot of young kids out there.
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A new era of responsibility is here.
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I'm engaged to Hollywood. If there's something I find I have to do, I'll do it. Otherwise, I'll just stay home and have a vacation.
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There's always going to be someone with a bigger toy than yours.
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Collectivism and freedom are mortal enemies. Only one will survive.
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School just speeds things up... Without school it might take 70 years before you wake up and are able to count.
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To lie is so vile, that even if it were in speaking well of godly things it would take off something from God's grace; and Truth is so excellent, that if it praises but small things they become noble.
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This partisan decision by a packed GOP state Supreme Court takes away worker's rights to bargain for a safe place to work. It underscores the need to vote for me in Aug. 12th primary. As governor, I will call a special session of the Legislature on day one to restore workers' rights, health care and retirement
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One of the great joys in life is reading, yet it's the main thing people say they don't have time to do.
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Buying a particular vintage because everyone tips it and then waiting for it to mature is like gambling. The thrill is in placing the bet. Once the race is run or the match is played, you'll either win or lose. Until that happens, you're caught in this wonderful, agonising sense of expectation.
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We start out a million years ago in a small community on some grassy plain; we hunt animals, have children, and develop a rich social, sexual, and intellectual life, but we know almost nothing about our surroundings.