"Looks like a sand pile my kids have been playing in for a long time - it's all beat up - no definition - just a lot of bumps and holes."

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Source : Transcript of Apollo 8 Flight Journal, history.nasa.gov. December 24, 1968.

William Anders

#Airplane Quotes #Kids Quotes #Long Quotes

“People are even more wary of politicians and they are realizing that democracy isn't just about putting a cross on a ballot every four years, it's about deciding what you want and fighting for it.”
“When you go to Washington now, you can feel a sense of fear in the air - the fear to do anything, or say anything, that might affect the polls, or give the other side an advantage, or offend a special interest.”
“If misery spelled revolt, we should have had nothing but revolt from the beginning of time. On the contrary, it is quite rare.”
“Stylized acting and direction is to realistic acting and direction as poetry is to prose.”
“A proof of really great art is that it is generally true - it seldom falls into the misapprehensions to which minor art is liable.”
“The people who live the life of their dreams know that it's not about how much money they have, but how much passion, willingness and dedication they have to make their dreams come true. And on top of that they know that no one defines what's true for them except them. And on top of that they know that Plan B is not an option, because it's a distraction from Plan A. And on top of that they just don't give up because that is who the hell they are!”
“There is no higher value in our society than integrity.”
“Writing the opening lines of a story is a bit like starting to ski at the steepest part of a hill. You must have all your skills under control from the first instant.”

Source : Marion Dane Bauer (1996). “Our Stories: A Fiction Workshop for Young Authors”, p.14, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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