Carl Sagan Quotes
No other planet in the solar system is a suitable home for human beings; it's this world or nothing. That's a very powerful perception.
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I think there's always a line between what is parody in good fun in chanting and what is intended to belittle certain segments of society.
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In the beginning, I didn't dance that much and stuff.
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Pity is the deadliest feeling that can be offered to a woman.
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I firmly believe that any good journalist must essentially be temperamentally an outsider. I don't think full sense of belonging and security is conducive to creativity.
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I don't do negative things.
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In the final analysis this congressional race is always going to be a close race, whether there's a presidential race or governor's race or not. But is this a better year? Yes, this would probably be a better year.
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I can't imagine playing a boring gig. Like, a boring audience without reaction, I will play against them.
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Years ago, I noticed one thing about economics, and that is that economists didn't get anything right.
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It's time to face facts: Most people stop being environmentalists when they sit down to eat.
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I've discovered that the standard all-American dream of fame and fortune is not success for me. Success for me is simply the joy of working - doing good work - and then bringing that joy home to my family. But if what I do in my work doesn't enrich my life with my family, I'm doing the wrong thing.
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I am absolutely not saying that Milosevic might not be responsible for all sorts of atrocities, but I believe that what's been left out of public debate and the press is that there was a civil war going on there.
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I would ask my mother to show me how to walk - and she did show me. That's why I think it's funny when people say, 'Did so-and-so teach you how to walk?' And I always say, 'You must be talking about my mother, because it was my mother who taught me how to walk.'
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Our rights are interconnected and inseparable. When freedom of expression is threatened, the rights to freedom of association and assembly, of thought, conscience and religion, are also compromised.
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Paul Rudd is too perfect. He's super talented, super nice and super calm. I just think he's a robot.
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I've written a screenplay that is a series of monologues and songs; they form this sort of human tapestry across time and place. The form is strange, but I find it really fascinating.
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Emilia Clarke has beautiful brunette hair.
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Every single one of the guys that I've written songs about has been tracked down on MySpace by my fans.
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I had formed a black movement, so I would speak for the Trotskyist movement and then walk about a hundred yards to where the black movement was speaking.
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To put it simply and a bit crudely: Our economy is demanding more well-educated workers than our schools are providing. To attract this scarce resource, communities have to offer more than just jobs.
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I only make movies I want to go see.
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Do not reveal what you have thought upon doing, but by wise council keep it secret being determined to carry it into execution.
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Here's what I've found in Louisiana: The voters want to know what you believe, what you stand for, and what you plan to do, not what shade your skin is.
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For me, poetry is a form of activism. And that word enables the labelers, and also gives them a rash.
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No other planet in the solar system is a suitable home for human beings; it's this world or nothing. That's a very powerful perception.
