Carl Sagan Quotes
That kind of skeptical, questioning, 'don't accept what authority tells you' attitude of science - is also nearly identical to the attitude of mind necessary for a functioning democracy. Science and democracy have very consonant values and approaches, and I don't think you can have one without the other.
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I've always been proud that my name stands for peace.
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Some days the competition would beat me and I'd go home thinking awful thoughts, want to hide under the bed, depressed. But of course, in the news business, when you're working a daily news broadcast, you get your victories and defeats every day.
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Porridge and the urban lifestyle don't mix well.
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Come on... when you're running, if you see you're going to win, you're going to celebrate.
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I used to think I had ambition... but now I'm not so sure. It may have been only discontent. They're easily confused.
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I've never read for a movie, I've always been given them.
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Winning the peace is harder than winning the war.
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They have a crystalline sense of right and wrong; it disappears when they walk out the door with their M.B.A.
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Never for the sake of peace and quiet deny your convictions.
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I want to know what it's like to play in a Super Bowl and win one. My career will be great without it. But, personally, selfishly, I want to know what it feels like.
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I am no longer concerned with sensation and innovation, but with the perfection of my style.
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I don't sit under the tattoo gun unless I'm sold on it completely and it will define me as a person.
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So many good fortunes have come my way, and I'm trying to pay it forward by helping to raise money to complete 'Bulbul: Song Of The Nightingale,' a documentary that brings attention to the social and human injustices suffered by the Banchara tribe in India.
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For 'Ghostbusters,' the thing that makes it such an amazing franchise and an amazing idea is that it is adds the element of physics and technology. It's not just about ghosts. Who the heck came up with that? It is such a good idea, such a unique combination of stuff from different genres. Ghosts and sci fi.
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My style is very simple, but I love Reese Witherspoon, Kate Hudson and Kate Middleton.
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I have people who say, 'You should dress up like this, or you should dress more modest; you should cover up more.' And then, at the other end of the spectrum, you have, like, 'Why are you still wearing your scarf? You're in America, you know.'
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I think any song should sound good just played on a solitary instrument with the vocal. If you have those basics you have all you need. The production then just polishes that idea into the finished thing.
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He was happily married - but his wife wasn't.
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'Sucker Punch' was so demanding, it scared me a bit.
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My style of singing is very much Latin jazz meets Latin and a little bit of rhythm and blues. When I do ballads, my fans love it. They want to listen to my classics. They want to party.
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Though ambition itself be a vice, yet it is often times the cause of virtues.
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The qualifying residents can either come in or have someone come in for them to pick up an application; at that time they can make an appointment. It is getting time for us to start taking appointments, but it is not too late to fill out an applications.
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I usually write my music on a piano, and I really enjoy performing that way, because that actually shows how the music was in my mind before it actually became an electronic song.
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That kind of skeptical, questioning, 'don't accept what authority tells you' attitude of science - is also nearly identical to the attitude of mind necessary for a functioning democracy. Science and democracy have very consonant values and approaches, and I don't think you can have one without the other.
