Carl Sagan Quotes
I am often amazed at how much more capability and enthusiasm for science there is among elementary school youngsters than among college students.

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I was probably never going to get to do the kind of things dramatically that I really wanted to do, so I returned to theater from time to time, and to write, and produce. It's by no means sour grapes.
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I have definitely worked on that... being efficient and also being smarter with my pressure.
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There have been a lot of exercises and I've had to force myself to go out for walks even when I didn't feel like it, but apart from that, I am a lot better.
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The American people need to tell their member of Congress that we need a strong defense to protect us and to prevent wars. We can't get away with simply leading from behind and gutting our defenses.
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I loved London. In the 1970s... it was very exciting, really wild.
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While teaching, I also worked undercover in the lower courts by saying I was a young law teacher wanting experience in criminal law. The judges were happy to assist me but what I learned was how corrupt the lower courts were. Judges were accepting money right in the courtroom.
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We are not saints, but we have kept our appointment. How many people can boast as much?
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I had this little Bon Iver phase a few years back; 'Flume' was one of my favourite songs.
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Sometimes I can be misunderstood. I'm really competitive.
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We're on the verge of a financial collapse unless we balance the budget, and that means some really, really tough decisions.
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Cornwall has lots of folk and Celtic music and has that kind of surfer vibe as well. That was my kind of upbringing.
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We had times in '66 and '67 when we would pick up a platoon of privates out of the receiving barracks the week before we even graduated the platoon that we were on!
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Honestly, you have to take care of yourself. That's probably something I have learned on the road.
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Most people want security in this world, not liberty.
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What's really good is African drum music.
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For economist the real world is often a special case.
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It's like that Simpsons joke - they're filming a cow in a movie and they go, 'OK, we'll tape a bunch of cats together to make a cow', and it's like, 'Why don't you just use a cow?'. For some reason that is novel - like, 'Oh, my guitar sounds like a piano and now if I can just get my piano to sound like my guitar'.
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I don't ever want to feel complacent.
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Who cares if your outfit is black and you're sporting a brown belt? Wear it, rock it, love it - and others will, too. Nothing beats a belt.
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I was an amateur wrestler, which I loved. It was my passion, but I started really late; I was a junior in high school when I began.
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The press should not get special privileges - if they drive recklessly or put people in danger, they should be subject to every reckless driving and endangerment law on the books - but they should also not be singled out for special punishment.
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I'm a fun-loving guy. I enjoy my life. I have a big kid inside me.
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I've played the guitar since I was 12, and just taught myself songs chord by chord.
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I am often amazed at how much more capability and enthusiasm for science there is among elementary school youngsters than among college students.