"Later, I realized that the mission had to end in a let-down because the real barrier wasn't in the sky but in our knowledge and experience of supersonic flight."

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Source : Chuck Yeager (1986). “Yeager: An Autobiography”, Bantam

Chuck Yeager

#Real Quotes #Sky Quotes #Experience Quotes

“The normal way of gathering information is through sound: when you hear information that you want to gather, you look in its direction, you see what it is, if you choose you can get closer, you can see it, you can touch, and then, finally, the most committed form of data gathering is to taste it and eat it. But for the urbanite, we're cut off from our primary sense, and I want to stress that - our primary sense of gathering information about the place that we're living in - and instead, we're in a war zone.”

Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com
“We have to deal with where we are. We have to create cooperatives, we have to create intentional communities, we have to work for local cooperation where we are.”
“Chess helps you to concentrate, improve your logic. It teaches you to play by the rules and take responsibility for your actions, how to problem solve in an uncertain environment.”
“Do we fear suffering or apathy most? Is it from experience or the monotony of a commonplace existence that we quickest flee?”

Source : Anna Katharine Green (2016). “THE FORSAKEN INN (Gothic Mystery Classic): Historical Thriller: Intriguing Novel Featuring Dark Events Surrounding a Mysterious Murder”, p.47, e-artnow
“Right, well, we've got to work out what we need. We've got to work out what we need, how we get it, and what we need to get to get what we need.”

Source : "Skulduggery Pleasant". Book by Derek Landy, October 29, 2015.
“When I began writing, the words that inspired me were these: A writer is someone who has written today. If you want to be a writer, whats stopping you?”
“Falling in love is not the only adventure worthy of a young woman.”
“You are born into your family and your family is born into you. No returns. No exchanges.”

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