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Essential Quotes by Carl Sagan
- At the heart of science is an essential balance between two seemingly contradictory attitudes-an openness to new ideas, no matter how bizarre or counterintuitive they…
- Humans — who enslave, castrate, experiment on, and fillet other animals — have had an understandable penchant for pretending animals do not feel pain. A…
- Nevertheless, (Jefferson) believed that the habit of skepticism is an essential prerequisite for responsible citizenship. He argued that the cost of education is trivial compared…
- But, Jefferson worried that the people - and the argument goes back to Thucydides and Aristotle - are easily misled. He also stressed, passionately and…
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- I accepted the face that as much as I want to lead others, and love to be around other people, in some… — Arthur Ashe
- Touch seems to be as essential as sunlight. — Diane Ackerman
- I'm working for the women in the world, today; that's my essential issue. — Michelle Bachelet
- We have to make sure that women's issues are an essential element on the agendas of all heads of state, all governments. — Michelle Bachelet
- The freedom of all is essential to my freedom. — Mikhail Bakunin
- Bathtubs, pools, water - to me, it's a very essential part of being grounded and sensual and feeling yourself. — Andre Balazs
- Women of this planet need some essential resources: wells, seeds and roads. That is primarily all we have ever needed. Added to… — Roseanne Barr
- The Hebrews have done more to civilize men than any other nation. If I were an atheist, and believed blind eternal fate,… — John Adams
- The essential element in personal magnetism is a consuming sincerity - an overwhelming faith in the importance of the work one has… — Bruce Barton
- The pleasure we derive from the representation of the present is due, not only to the beauty it can be clothed in,… — Charles Baudelaire
- In the continuing debate over the morality of enhanced interrogation, an essential consideration is often overlooked: intent. — Gary Bauer
- A desire to be in charge of our own lives, a need for control, is born in each of us. It is… — Robert Foster Bennett