Carl Sagan Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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It is better not to express what one means than to express what one does not mean.
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My son, Wolfgang, plays drums, guitars and bass.
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And our dreams are who we are.
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The best time to expand is when people are asleep at the wheel.
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He who improves an opportunity sows a seed which will yield fruit in opportunity for himself and others.
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Once your IQ is 150 or over, it stops beings ability and becomes a disability.
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What I did was, I went and collected every bit of information from Adventist publishing houses in the basic areas of doctrine covered in the book Questions on Doctrine.
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You have to fight for your health and stay on top of it. Our bodies are meant to be healthy.
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You can't say what the outcome of a competition is going to be, so now I am ready to accept any result that comes my way, if I give my best shot.
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I don't think that my work is very moralistic - at least, I try to avoid that. I grew up with that sermonising tendency, and I don't think visual work operates like that.
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We are very serious about imposing weapons restrictions on the PFLP and other Palestinian groups operating from their camps in Lebanon.
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The truth is that the history of Mexico is a history in the image of its geography: abrupt and tortuous. Each historical period is like a plateau surrounded by tall mountains and separated from the other plateaus by precipices and divides.
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We need a government, alas, because of the nature of humans.
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It's quite difficult to write about female friendship without it seeming to be a very niche subject. It's a difficult balance.
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Western man is schizophrenic.
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I go on a good many adventure-type trips. Whenever I go on one, it's always potentially going to be the setting for one of my books. I pay more attention to certain aspects than some other people might. Sometimes I use them, sometimes I don't. Most of the books I write are based on experiences I've had to some extent.
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Sometimes, poor people don't smell too good, so love can have no nose.
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Writing a novel is like knocking on a door that will never open. You are so desperate to get in, you will say or do anything. You feel: please take my novel.
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Sin is blatant mutiny against God.
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I really wanted to die at certain periods in my life.
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'Departure' also the title of a famous triptych painting of Max Beckmann, yes departure from the illusion of life toward the essential things that wait behind appearance.. .We must insist that Departure is not bound to a political trend, but is symbolic for all times.
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Arrayed in a new body another mother may someday give birth so that with stronger limbs and brighter mind the old soul shall take the road to earth again.
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Many say an art dealer running a museum is a 'conflict of interest.' But maybe the art world has lived an artificial or unintentional lie all of these years when it comes to conflicts of interest.
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The Earth is a very small stage in a vast cosmic arena.
