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Our species needs, and deserves, a citizenry with minds wide awake and a basic understanding of how the world works. ↗

— Carl Sagan

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When you make the finding yourself - even if you're the last person on Earth to see the light - you'll never forget it. ↗

— Carl Sagan

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The universe seems neither benign nor hostile, merely indifferent. ↗

— Carl Sagan

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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

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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

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I can find in my undergraduate classes, bright students who do not know that the stars rise and set at night, or even that the Sun is a star. ↗

— Carl Sagan

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A civilization is built on what is required of men, not on that which is provided for them. ↗

— Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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The universe is not required to be in perfect harmony with human ambition. ↗

— Carl Sagan

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Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge. ↗

— Carl Sagan

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To jealousy, nothing is more frightful than laughter. ↗

— Francoise Sagan

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