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All of the books in the world contain no more information than is broadcast as video in a single large American city in a single year. Not all bits have equal value.
Carl Sagan
American
Bits
Books
Broadcast
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The universe is not required to be in perfect harmony with human ambition.
Carl Sagan
Ambition
Harmony
Human
Perfect
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Carl Sagan
Bearable
Creatures
Love
Only
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Who are we? We find that we live on an insignificant planet of a humdrum star lost in a galaxy tucked away in some forgotten corner of a universe in which there are far more galaxies than people.
Carl Sagan
Forgotten
Galaxy
Insignificant
Live
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Ted Turner
Being
Fired
Nothing
Wrong
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I am often amazed at how much more capability and enthusiasm for science there is among elementary school youngsters than among college students.
Carl Sagan
Amazed
Among
Capability
College
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Over a three year period, I gave away half of what I had. To be honest, my hands shook as I signed it away. I knew I was taking myself out of the race to be the richest man in the world.
Ted Turner
Away
Gave
Had
Half
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To be happy in this world, first you need a cell phone and then you need an airplane. Then you're truly wireless.
Ted Turner
Airplane
Be Happy
Cell
Cell Phone
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War has been good to me from a financial standpoint but I don't want to make money that way. I don't want blood money.
Ted Turner
Been
Blood
Financial
Good
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We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology.
Carl Sagan
Anyone
Anything
Dependent
Hardly
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Life is a game. Money is how we keep score.
Ted Turner
Game
How
Keep
Life
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It is far better to grasp the universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.
Carl Sagan
Better
Delusion
Far
Grasp
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Skeptical scrutiny is the means, in both science and religion, by which deep thoughts can be winnowed from deep nonsense.
Carl Sagan
Deep
Nonsense
Religion
Science
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If we long to believe that the stars rise and set for us, that we are the reason there is a Universe, does science do us a disservice in deflating our conceits?
Carl Sagan
Believe
Disservice
Long
Reason
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But the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright Brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown.
Carl Sagan
Brothers
Clown
Columbus
Fact
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We have also arranged things so that almost no one understands science and technology. This is a prescription for disaster. We might get away with it for a while, but sooner or later this combustible mixture of ignorance and power is going to blow up in our faces.
Carl Sagan
Power
Prescription
Science
Technology
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You should set goals beyond your reach so you always have something to live for.
Ted Turner
Always
Beyond
Goals
Live
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Carl Sagan
Exception
Extinction
Rule
Survival
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Life is like a B-movie. You don't want to leave in the middle of it but you don't want to see it again.
Ted Turner
Again
Leave
Life
Like
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The professed function of the nuclear weapons on each side is to prevent the other side from using their nuclear weapons. If that's all it is, then we've gotta as: how many nuclear weapons do you need to do that?
Carl Sagan
Each
Function
Weapons
Gotta
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I don't watch entertainment. I haven't watched in years. I want to see serious news.
Ted Turner
Entertainment
News
See
Serious
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No other planet in the solar system is a suitable home for human beings; it's this world or nothing. That's a very powerful perception.
Carl Sagan
Beings
Home
Human
Planet
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I like Obama. I don't know who could do a better job. He's got an incredibly tough situation, and a good heart and mind. I'd like to see him rally support a little better.
Ted Turner
Better
Better Job
Could
Good
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The dangers of not thinking clearly are much greater now than ever before. It's not that there's something new in our way of thinking - it's that credulous and confused thinking can be much more lethal in ways it was never before.
Carl Sagan
Clearly
Confused
Credulous
Dangers
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I've had the good fortune to have a much more diverse life than most people would, professional sports and television and news and movies.
Ted Turner
Diverse
Fortune
Good
Good Fortune
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I was gonna go broke if I didn't get things turned around real fast.
Ted Turner
Around
Broke
Fast
Get
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If you want to be a Millionaire, start with a billion dollars and launch a new airline.
Richard Branson
Airline
Billion
Billion Dollars
Dollars
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I mean, there's no point in sittin' around and cryin' about spilt milk. Gotta move on.
Ted Turner
About
Around
Gotta
Mean
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When I started 'CNN,' I made the decision to stay out of endorsing candidates, and let the doers make up their own minds about politics, that it wasn't going to come from me.
Ted Turner
About
Candidates
CNN
Come
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For a successful entrepreneur it can mean extreme wealth. But with extreme wealth comes extreme responsibility. And the responsibility for me is to invest in creating new businesses, create jobs, employ people, and to put money aside to tackle issues where we can make a difference.
Richard Branson
Businesses
Create
Creating
Difference
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Carol Burnett
Adolescence
Big
Just
Pimple
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The U.N. had such lofty goals to eliminate poverty and stop war and cure diseases and help refugees - things that no one country could do.
Ted Turner
Could
Country
Cure
Diseases
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Well, I don't know how astute I am, but I did want to be a journalist when I was growing up.
Carol Burnett
Growing
Journalist
Know
Want
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Preservation of one's own culture does not require contempt or disrespect for other cultures.
Cesar Chavez
Contempt
Culture
Require
Disrespect
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Cesar Chavez
Defeat
Non-Violence
Thing
Such
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If you really want to make a friend, go to someone's house and eat with him... the people who give you their food give you their heart.
Cesar Chavez
Eat
Food
Friend
Heart
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It is possible to become discouraged about the injustice we see everywhere. But God did not promise us that the world would be humane and just. He gives us the gift of life and allows us to choose the way we will use our limited time on earth. It is an awesome opportunity.
Cesar Chavez
Awesome
Become
Choose
Discouraged
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We farm workers are closest to food production. We were the first to recognize the serious health hazards of agriculture pesticides to both consumers and ourselves.
Cesar Chavez
Agriculture
Closest
Consumers
Farm
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I had more energy at 50. On the other hand, at 75, I've probably got a little more wisdom and good judgment than I had at 50 because I've got more experience. But I haven't really changed. I'm still driven by the same philosophy.
Ted Turner
Because
Changed
Driven
Energy
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What we do know absolutely is that human lives are worth more than grapes and that innocent-looking grapes on the table may disguise poisonous residues hidden deep inside where washing cannot reach.
Cesar Chavez
Disguise
Grapes
Hidden
Human
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You are never strong enough that you don't need help.
Cesar Chavez
Enough
Help
Need
Never
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Who gets the risks? The risks are given to the consumer, the unsuspecting consumer and the poor work force. And who gets the benefits? The benefits are only for the corporations, for the money makers.
Cesar Chavez
Benefits
Consumer
Corporations
Force
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Our language is the reflection of ourselves. A language is an exact reflection of the character and growth of its speakers.
Cesar Chavez
Character
Exact
Growth
Language
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We need to help students and parents cherish and preserve the ethnic and cultural diversity that nourishes and strengthens this community - and this nation.
Cesar Chavez
Cherish
Community
Cultural
Nation
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Real education should consist of drawing the goodness and the best out of our own students. What better books can there be than the book of humanity?
Cesar Chavez
Best
Better
Book
Consist
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When we are really honest with ourselves we must admit our lives are all that really belong to us. So it is how we use our lives that determines the kind of men we are.
Cesar Chavez
Admit
Belong
Determines
Honest
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It is my deepest belief that only by giving our lives do we find life. I am convinced that the truest act of courage, the strongest act of manliness is to sacrifice ourselves for others in a totally non-violent struggle for justice.
Cesar Chavez
Act
Belief
Convinced
Courage
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I made a lot of money. I earned a lot of money with CNN and satellite and cable television. And you can't really spend large sums of money, intelligently, on buying things. So I thought the best thing I could do was put some of that money back to work - making an investment in the future of humanity.
Ted Turner
Back
Best
Buying
Cable
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As long as we have a poor country bordering California, it's going to be very difficult to win strikes.
Cesar Chavez
California
Country
Difficult
Going
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I love this planet... I want to see the environment preserved and I want to see the human race preserved. And I'd like to see everybody living decently in a more equitable, kind-hearted, thoughtful, generous world.
Ted Turner
Environment
Equitable
Everybody
Generous
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