"I was testing a P-51 fighter in Minneapolis when I spotted this object. I was at about 10,000 feet on a nice, bright, sunny afternoon. I thought the object was a kite, then I realized that no kite is gonna fly that high."

-- Deke Slayton

#Nice Quotes #Feet Quotes #Afternoon Quotes

“The British audience was very important to me. I have always looked away from American to non-American audiences and so this was important.”
“Being on TV brings a sort of attention in high school that can be negative sometimes. People, immediately they're going to have that in their back pocket. If they don't like you, they're going to be able to pull that out and throw it in your face.”
“Do not allow negative feelings and emotions to control your mind. Emotional harm does not come from others; it is conceived and developed within ourselves.”
“The black family unit that had survived 150 years of slavery was decimated in less than 30 years by welfare payments that stopped if the family structure remained intact.”
“And I believe in the 13 years Judge Roberts was there, he never turned down a request to give some assistance on a pro-bono case, and this was no different.”
“The trouble with a great sadness is that it doesn't fit inside your body.”

Source : Manuel Rivas (2010). “Books Burn Badly”, p.94, Random House
“At Tatas, we believe that if we are not among the top three in an industry, we should look seriously at what it would take to become one of the top three players.. or think about exiting the industry”
“Clearly, if a building is not functionally and technically in order, then it isn't architecture either, it's just a building.”

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