Carl Sagan Quotes
History is full of people who out of fear or ignorance or the lust for power have destroyed treasures of immeasurable value which truly belong to all of us. We must not let it happen again.
Quotes to Explore
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EVOO is extra-virgin olive oil. I first coined 'EVOO' on my cooking show because saying 'extra virgin olive oil' over and over was wordy, and I'm an impatient girl - that's why I make 30-minute meals!
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We know too much, and are convinced of too little. Our literature is a substitute for religion, and so is our religion.
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I bite my nails. I've been chewing on them for years. As long as you don't chew through flesh it's all right.
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I became fascinated by marionettes, which I first saw in Venice. They were so haunted and so alive. You walked by them, and you could feel their presence, with their beady eyes just fixed on you.
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I don't find anything upsetting or gross or degrading about fighting with a mental illness: Bipolar or Schizophrenia.
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In Israel, waves of anger and fear circulate all the time, but so do jokes and gossip and silky evening breezes. So, too, in America.
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I take my kids to school... I make them breakfast. Unfortunately, dad is a big spoiler, and most days, I make four different breakfasts.
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Working with Bruno Mars would be really awesome. I'm such a fan of his, and I love that he's a real artist.
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I played a lot of squash for a lot of years.
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If you've got unemployment, low pay, that was just too bad. But that was the system. That was the sort of economy and philosophy against which I was fighting in the 1930s.
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One of the ways the North Korea regime has kept power is by keeping its people ignorant of the living standards in the outside world. That's the underlying lie that supports the regime - not that their country is 'normal' but that they are better off.
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Once again, Pat Robertson leaves us speechless with his insensitivity and arrogance.
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Hollywood so often likes to make movies that are just about itself. I felt there were a lot of stories that were yet to be told in the middle of the country, and I wanted to capture some of that beauty.
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Weeks go by, and I don't talk to another living soul.
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He'll call that trickle-down. I call it Niagara Falls.
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I took on cancer like I take on everything - like a mission and a job to accomplish.
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I think being recognized more is something you have to get used to, whether it's here or in California or when I'm traveling. It's more a part of my life. People recognize me from my play or a commercial I've done. It's just a normal part of life now.
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Ignorance is the failure to discriminate between the permanent and the impermanent, the pure and the impure, bliss and suffering, the Self and the non-Self.
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I don't think playing a villain is my greatest talent.
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An artist is somebody who enters into competition with God.
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It's fun for someone to poke fun at himself.
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If you want creativity, take a zero off your budget. If you want sustainability, take off two zeros.
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There ain't a note that I play on stage that can’t be traced back directly to my mother and father.
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History is full of people who out of fear or ignorance or the lust for power have destroyed treasures of immeasurable value which truly belong to all of us. We must not let it happen again.
