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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I went to a very mean school and was bullied like crazy. I was a bit of a goth with purple hair, and I was also part of the drama group, which was filled with actors and writers and wasn't really accepted by the rest of the school.
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I've learned that social media and our private lives, you know, our private lives are not so private anymore, so it takes a little bit of getting used to.
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I write one step at a time, always finishing off the part I'm working on before even thinking about the next part. I need to hear it all together before deciding what goes next. I even mix before moving on...in other words, I write by recording.
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I had a really hard time when I was 16, 17, 18. I started with the eating disorder in high school.
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Cycling is an activity which more and more young people are getting involved with, whether they are using their bikes to get to school or work, socially, or cycling as a sport. Cycling is cheap, it's quick, and it makes you look and feel great!
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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.
