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CARLY SIMON I have more free time than a lot of individuals, so, instead of talking, I sometimes write.
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MICHAEL CHERTOFF I am free to dream.
I am free to love.
I am free to write.
LAILAH GIFTY AKITA If I had more time I would write a shorter letter.
BLAISE PASCAL If the desire to write is not accompanied by actual writing, then the desire must be not to write.
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DEBRA ROBERTS I wanted to write some lyrics that had some meaning to them, lyrics that were meaningful to me and h...
ADAM RICH I have a strong desire to communicate what I feel about the world. That's exciting to me.
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CARL SAGAN Those afraid of the universe as it really is, those who pretend to nonexistent knowledge and envisio...
CARL SAGAN In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument; my positio...
CARL SAGAN A celibate clergy is an especially good idea, because it tends to suppress any hereditary propensity...
CARL SAGAN Skeptical scrutiny is the means, in both science and religion, by which deep insights can be winnowe...
CARL SAGAN One glance at a book and you hear the voice of another person, perhaps someone dead for 1,000 years....
CARL SAGAN It is of interest to note that while some dolphins are reported to have learned English -- up to fif...
CARL SAGAN In every country, we should be teaching our children the scientific method and the reasons for a Bil...
CARL SAGAN If we long to believe that the stars rise and set for us, that we are the reason there is a Universe...
CARL SAGAN It seems to me what is called for is an exquisite balance between two conflicting needs: the most sk...
CARL SAGAN We are the representatives of the cosmos; we are an example of what hydrogen atoms can do, given 15 ...
CARL SAGAN Are we an exceptionally unlikely accident or is the universe brimming over with intelligence? (It's)...
CARL SAGAN The one thing I regret is that I will never have time to read all the books I want to read.
F. SAGAN When you make the finding yourself - even if you're the last person on Earth to see the light - ...
CARL SAGAN British and Canadian sci-fi strikes me as more forward-looking than its American counterpart, as evi...
NICK SAGAN We start out a million years ago in a small community on some grassy plain; we hunt animals, have ch...
CARL SAGAN Black holes may be apertures to elsewhen. Were we to plunge down a black hole, we would re-emerge, i...
CARL SAGAN It pays to keep an open mind, but not so open your brains fall out.
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