Carl Sagan Quotes
In the vastness of space and the immensity of time, it is my joy to share a planet and an epoch with Annie.
Quotes to Explore
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For every benefit you receive a tax is levied.
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I wear the Jewish star, but I'm not - I haven't converted to Judaism, and I'm not - I'm not - I'm not Jewish in the conventional sense because the Kaballah is a belief system that predates religion and predates Judaism as an organized religion.
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When we have a good balance between thinking and feeling... our actions and lives are always the richer for it.
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For every reason it's not possible, there are hundreds of people who have faced the same circumstances and succeeded.
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There's a fast-track if you can do the networking. For some personalities it works, but for mine it doesn't.
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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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Ensuring that high quality water is provided to all Arizona's citizens is the responsibility of elected officials at all levels and I am happy to do all I can to assist the city's efforts.
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You can almost taste the pressure now.
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I love action films. I'd love to do an action drama. I'm always looking to give my character something action-oriented to do.
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In college, I was a huge fan of 'Les Miserables.' I seem to remember that people who were into French literature preferred Hugo's poetry.
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I think awards are good for the movie. They can bring a new audience to the movie. I've always claimed that things like that don't get you work. Work gets you work. That's my blue-collar, protestant work ethic.
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We bled writing these songs, we bled in the studio, and now we're out bleeding getting them right live.
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Mum is the girliest of them all, but she ended up with me, the tomboy.
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When I was a general assignment reporter early in my career, I was the one knocking on their door after a tragedy.
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My interest in the theater led me to my first writing experience as an adult. My husband David wrote the music and lyrics and I wrote the book for a children's musical, 'Spacenapped' that was produced by a neighborhood theater in Brooklyn.
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As soon as I could talk, I chose shorts to wear.
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There's a preponderance of scientists and engineers among China's rulers. New President Xi Jinping was trained as a chemical engineer. His predecessor, Hu Jintao, earned a degree in hydraulic engineering. His predecessor, Jiang Zemin, held a degree in electrical engineering.
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A person's portrayal on TV isn't always how someone is.
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The unthinkable occurred: two communist countries went to war with each other.
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Actually, my correspondent's language is better than mine. He can put his sentiment into words.
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Children have very sharp powers of observation - probably sharper than adults - yet at the same time their emotional reactions are murky and much more primitive.
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Men still get a lot more opportunity. It is still a big part of the old boy network. They have more companies they can get money from.
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Largely as a result of the policies and priorities of the Reagan administration, more people are becoming poor and staying poor in this country than at any time since World War II.
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In the vastness of space and the immensity of time, it is my joy to share a planet and an epoch with Annie.
