Mary Schiavo famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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I go out of my way to stay off commuter planes. I have skipped conferences because I would not fly on marginal airlines (and because of many mishaps, I also avoided flying on ValuJet).
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Unfortunately most accidents are preventable. Planes don't fall out of the sky unless something is wrong.
-- Mary Schiavo
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Let not him who is houseless pull down the house of another, but let him work diligently and build one for himself, thus by example assuring that his own shall be safe from violence when built.
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Obedience is the mother of success and is wedded to safety.
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Certain temperaments respond to anxiety by pulling inward. Their instincts tell them ' Don't go out to meet the world - you'll have a panic attack. Inside is where safety is.
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At some point preoccupation with safety can get in the way of living full lives.
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I'm afraid of flying.
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I think it is a pity to lose the romantic side of flying and simply to accept it as a common means of transport, although that end is what we have all ostensibly been striving to attain.
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The only way to write is well and how you do it is your own damn business.
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War is not an accident. It is the logical outcome of a certain way of life.
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The present enables us to understand the past, not the other way round.
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Just as modern motorways have no room for ox-carts or wandering pedestrians, so modern society has little place for lives and ways that are too eccentric.
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