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Subject: 
Re: Carl Sagan's "Cosmos"
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Date: 
Tue, 3 Apr 2001 21:39:39 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Daniel Jassim writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Mark Sandlin writes:
> 
> > Billions and Billions!
> > 
> > :^D
> 
> Heh heh, did you know Sagan actually wrote a book by the same title? He was
> actually a funny guy, and poked a lot of fun at himself and that misquote that
> made him famous (the poor fella denied ever saying "billions and billions").

   ...and, just to stay on this thread, did you know that William
   Shatner wrote a book called 'Get a Life!' after his infamous SNL
   appearance?  Ahhh, self-reflection, isn't it grand?  (Granted,
   Sagan was much more likeable than Shatner.)

   best

   Lindsay



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  Re: Carl Sagan's "Cosmos"
 
(...) Heh heh, did you know Sagan actually wrote a book by the same title? He was actually a funny guy, and poked a lot of fun at himself and that misquote that made him famous (the poor fella denied ever saying "billions and billions"). D-Man (25 years ago, 3-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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