Carl Sagan Quotes
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It is not possible, given any degree of optimism and generosity in regard to people in general, to set a time limit on creative reflection or a limitation on the number of people involved in the creation.
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There are a lot of really great cartoonists out there. It's nice to be thought of as one of them.
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Never offend people with style when you can offend them with substance.
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A woman can look both moral and exciting... if she also looks as if it was quite a struggle.
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We believe that the world, too, can destroy apartheid, firstly by striking at the economy of South Africa.
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Often what we do is open our house for various charity events. I don't seat according to protocol. I don't invite people because of who they are in the administration or their positions of power. The few who do come, are there because I like them.
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I've actually done a lot of comedy.
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As we all know... golf is a puzzle without an answer.
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I don't think any actor can be satisfied. I am still in the learning phase and hope I am always in the learning frame of mind in acting or in anything else that I do. That's what makes life interesting and worth living.
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Usually, English personalities are difficult; they don't take criticism easily.
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I kept thinking, 'this must be the coolest job - I'd like to be a professional baseball player.' They were getting paid to play a game, and what a cool lifestyle that was.
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If I learned anything from the Army, it was about being able to get things done, no matter how tough the assignment, and it served me later in life.
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I like movies in particular, on video or T.V. I have lots of old favorites, like Danny Kaye in 'The Court Jester' or 'The Secret Life of Walter Mitty' or James Stewart in 'Winchester '73.' But I also like a lot of modern films.
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Ignorance and prejudice make for bad advisers.
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If your boss asks you why you're comin' in late, you say it's 'cause you stayed late.
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I sat behind Thurman Thomas for my first couple of years, then my first year starting I won the Heisman. After I won the Heisman, that's when things changed as far as going to the NFL.
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Anyone driving through London after the school term ends will notice immediately how much easier it is to get around. The school run contributes massively to congestion.
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I think I'm going to have a lot of trouble.
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My own personal dream is that the majority of the web runs on open source software.
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I find Jesse Jackson to be religiously, progressively old fashioned.
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When I moved out to Los Angeles to get some film and television work, and couldn't get any... I became a little isolated, a little terrified, and it's a good place to get writing, because you're so bored. So I wrote a few screenplays, and people notice those.
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As a performer, I could be like, "I don't want to leave that in there." But as a producer, I have to leave it in there.
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Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere.
