"I live for that exhilarating moment when I'm in an airplane rushing down the runway and pull on the stick and feel lift under its wings. It's a magical feeling to climb toward the heavens, seeing objects and people on the ground grow smaller and more insignificant. You have left that world beneath you. You are inside the sky."

-- Gordon Cooper

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“The two top teams with nice weather and nice people were Dallas and Miami. Of course, the Lakers wouldn't want to trade me in the same conference, so Miami was perfect.”
“Never be with anyone you couldn't imagine yourself being able to live without.”

Source : Caroline Leavitt (2007). “Girls in Trouble: A Novel”, p.222, Macmillan
“But I've really learned you don't have to fit in. No matter where you go, you're always going to be you and if they don't like you for who you are, then what's the point of being someone else?”
“I'm disappointed about how my career ended.”
“The informing idea of what you want to say and do, that's what will take you from film school to professional - the idea. That's what is original to you.”
“Anyone who wants to pretend that your Huntington's disease is an invention is someone who does not have your best interests at heart.”
“Real life, raising kids and trying to raise them to be good people takes a lot of work. It's all about (appearing) effortless, yet there's so much effort. You do it the best you can.”

Source : "Kelli Williams talks about starring in UP TV’s first scripted series (updated)". Interview with John W. Kennedy, www.beliefnet.com. August 2015.
“We cannot change anything until we accept it. Condemnation does not liberate, it oppresses.”

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