Ann Druyan Quotes
No single step in the persuit of enlightenment should ever be considered sacred; only the search was.
Quotes to Explore
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We should read music in the same way that an educated adult will read a book: in silence, but imagining the sound.
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It delights me that I don't fit the stereotype of an actress.
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Nationalized industries are notorious for their inability to operate at a profit.
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The student will try to defy the master. Always.
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Religion is everywhere. There are no human societies without it, whether they acknowledge it as a religion or not.
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If you're making music for all the right reasons, people are going to be receptive to that and appreciate it the same way you did when your were writing it.
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I wasn't naturally gifted in terms of size and speed; everything I did in hockey I worked for, and that's the way I'll be as a coach.
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I find playwriting really painful. I love it, or I wouldn't do it, but I don't love the theater as much as I love movies.
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There is no other way of writing a novel than to begin at the beginning at to continue to the end.
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I would like to do a duet with Taylor Hanson, because I have loved Hanson since I was 8.
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I'm dyslexic, and it takes me longer to memorize and to embody the character so I can really own it.
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I started off dancing and playing sports, and I joined the drama stuff, the theatre stuff in middle school because my friends were involved, and it was kind of the cool thing to do.
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The essence of science is independent thinking, hard work, and not equipment. When I got my Nobel Prize, I had spent hardly 200 rupees on my equipment.
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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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I'm really good at making teen angst romantic. I'm really good at dealing with heartbreak and things like that and making it into this whole experience. But there's no way to make someone-on-the-Internet-said-something-mean-about-me into romantic angst where you can listen to music and cry or whatever.
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I'm not looking to go out there and make a rhythmic Timbaland track.
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In my personal life, I would just feel like, I will always be cool with everyone.
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Father's Day each year makes me grateful for what my father did for me. This has little to do with our relationship, and much to do with what he taught me.
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I think I have to trust that you end up with the person you're supposed to end up with, and that everything in between is there to teach you stuff.
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There is no hope of success for the person who does not have a central purpose, or definite goal at which to aim.
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Besides my religious commitment, the greatest single factor that has enabled me to pursue my business and political objectives has been the security and freedom of my home.
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I want to be better at being single, and I want to be better at feeling okay about being single. I don't need a boyfriend.
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I know that Bush, for political reasons, is going to nominate a minority, a Hispanic man or someone where it will be harder for people on the progressive side to oppose and split some of the traditionally progressive or democratic constituents.
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No single step in the persuit of enlightenment should ever be considered sacred; only the search was.
