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Carl Sagan Astronomer, Astrophysicist
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"We are rare and precious because we are alive, because we can think as well as we can. We are privileged to influence and perhaps control our future. I believe we have an obligation to fight for life on Earth - not just for ourselves, but for all those, humans and others, who came before us, and to whom we are beholden, and for all those who, if we are wise enough, will come after."

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Carl Sagan Astronomer, Astrophysicist
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"I believe that in every person is a kind of circuit which resonates to intellectual discovery-and the idea is to make that resonance work"

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Carl Sagan Astronomer, Astrophysicist
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"My view is that if there is no evidence for it, then forget about it. An agnostic is somebody who doesn’t believe in something until there is evidence for it, so I’m agnostic."

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Carl Sagan Astronomer, Astrophysicist
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"After I give lectures-on almost any subject-I am often asked, "Do you believe in UFOs?" I'm always struck by how the question is phrased, the suggestion that this is a matter of belief and not evidence. I'm almost never asked, "How good is the evidence that UFOs are alien spaceships?""

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Carl Sagan Astronomer, Astrophysicist
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"I would love to believe that when I die I will live again, that some thinking, feeling, remembering part of me will continue."

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"I don't totally believe that all of the politicians see a problem with the gap between the scores of black children and other groups. I believe that many politicians think this has been the way it has always been, so what's the problem?"

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"I am passionate about exploring the confluence of environmental and human health. I believe that the goals of conservation must constantly revisit a stated purpose."

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Bear Bryant Football Coach
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"If I miss coaching that much, I could go to some little school where they didn't recruit, where all the kids wanted to go. I believe I could find somewhere to coach."

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Bell Hooks Author, Feminist, Social Activist
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"Individuals who want to believe that there is no fulfillment in love, that true love does not exist, cling to these assumptions because this despair is actually easier to face than the reality that love is a real fact of life but is absent from their lives."

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Adam Smith Philosopher, Economist
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"The man scarce lives who is not more credulous than he ought to be... The natural disposition is always to believe. It is acquired wisdom and experience only that teach incredulity, and they very seldom teach it enough."

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Ben Harper Musician, Singer-Songwriter
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"Could've sworn I heard you say Amen this morning, showing some kind of sign that you believe. Did it fall from your tongue without warning? Or just another trick to fall from your sleeve?"

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Benjamin Carson Neurosurgeon, Author, Politician
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"You have the ability to choose which way you want to go. You have to believe great things are going to happen in your life. Do everything you can - prepare, pray and achieve - to make it happen."

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Benjamin Carson Neurosurgeon, Author, Politician
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"God has opened many doors of opportunity throughout my lifetime, but I believe the greatest of those doors was allowing me to be born in the United States of America."

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Benjamin Carson Neurosurgeon, Author, Politician
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"I detest politics, to be honest with you. It's a cesspool. And I don't think I would fare well in that cesspool because I don't believe in political correctness and I certainly don't believe in dishonesty."

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Benjamin Carson Neurosurgeon, Author, Politician
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"You should see the eyes of some of those children when I say to them we're going to have to open your head up and take out this tumor. They're not happy about it, believe me. And they don't like me very much at that point. But later on, they love me."

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