"The moon is very rugged."

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Source : "Astronaut-turned-artist Alan Bean still reaching for the moon". www.cnn.com. July 16, 1999.

Alan Bean

“I believe in local control of education.”
“It was dreadful, I had pain. It was like someone was trying to put pressure up there.”
“That we have great men in our time and recent times is not because of our educational system, but rather in spite of it. They are the ones the teachers couldn't spoil.”

Source : Dagobert D. Runes (2015). “Treasury of Thought”, p.67, Open Road Media
“What if marriage is really about making us more like Christ, not so much about making us happy?”
“Anticipation makes pleasure more intense”

Source : Iris Johansen (2011). “An Eve Duncan Collection From Iris Johansen: Quicksand, Blood Game, Eight Days to Live, and Chasing the Night”, p.101, Macmillan
“Zen is a way of liberation, concerned not with discovering what is good or bad or advantageous, but what is.”
“I am my own person caoable of making my own decisions and choosing powerfully how i live. I appreciate and respect what others have to say but ultimately I choose how I live my life.”
“I think the body responds to more reps better than heavier weight. As long as I got those reps in three or four sets, it didn't bother me and I could come down on the weight. Teams didn't want me to do it as much, but that's just the way it is.”

Source : Interview with Dave Golokhov, www.askmen.com. July 14, 2014.

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