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Quote by Carl Sagan
A celibate clergy is an especially good idea, because it tends to

A celibate clergy is an especially good idea, because it tends to suppress any hereditary propensity toward fanaticism. – Carl Sagan

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Weve arranged a civilization in which most crucial elements profoundly depend on science and technology. – Carl Sagan

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If you want to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe. – Carl Sagan

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I keep my ideals, because in spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart. – Anne Frank

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Certainly, it seems true enough that theres a good deal of irony in the world… I mean, if you live in a world full of politicians and advertising, theres obviously a lot of deception. – Kenneth Koch

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The good life is a process, not a state of being. It is a direction not a destination. – Carl Rogers

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Why do I not seek some real good one which I could feel, not one which I could display? – Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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