Carl Sagan Quotes
Human beings have a demonstrated talent for self-deception when their emotions are stirred.
Quotes to Explore
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The poem 'What Teachers Make' is not without its detractors. This one person wrote to me and said: 'Gee, Mr. Mali. You don't possibly have a teacher – God complex, do you?' And that was the first time I'd ever heard of that expression. So, yeah, I'm sure I have a teacher – God complex.
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It's a shallow life that doesn't give a person a few scars.
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I focus on supporting high quality early childhood health care and education. By betting my resources on very young children, I know I'm making an investment that pays guaranteed dividends with a high rate of return.
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But I don't like to, tell people how old I am. I like that to be a mystery.
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How could man rejoice in victory and delight in the slaughter of men?
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I am gay, and I'm very comfortable with it.
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Logic takes care of itself; all we have to do is to look and see how it does it.
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Are the last days near, perhaps? I have forgotten your lessons, prattlers and false prophets, but you haven't forgotten me. As the future ripens in the past, so the past rots in the future - a terrible festival of dead leaves.
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YouTube's algorithm doesn't know what's going on in the world.
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I'm just like every other girl who likes to shop, likes to look good, likes to spend time with friends.
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I love playing the bad girl.
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My mom is really skinny, too. I got it from her. I've never done yoga before.
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Congress suffers a great deal of criticism for its partisan acrimony. But while we may disagree politically, and air our opposition in this chamber, it is the conversation behind the scenes that cements and defines our relationships.
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The weird thing is that working within an established story was actually kind of liberating. You know the beginning and middle and end, more or less, so there's less pressure to figure all that out.
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Every White House Correspondents' Dinner for the past three years, I have broken my dress and can't even zip it, so we have to leave - that's why I've missed every carpet appearance. One time, we had to go into Virginia to find me a new dress.
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If things don't work out with one person, there's many other people to replace you with online.
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By the God of thy Father who shall help thee, and by the Almighty, who shall bless thee with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lieth under, blessings of the breasts and of the womb.
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I take people very seriously. People are all I take seriously, in fact. Therefore, I have nothing but sympathy for how people behave - and nothing but laughter to console them with.
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Although the Internet makes it seem as if you have a direct connection to the securities market, you don't. Lines may clog; systems may break; orders may back-up.
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Journalism is about results. It's about affecting your community or your society in the most progressive way.
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I am not a fan of historical fiction that is sloppy in its research or is dishonest about the real history.
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The 'passion for incredulity' can produce as much self-deception as the uncritical will to believe.
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Human beings have a demonstrated talent for self-deception when their emotions are stirred.
