"You're on your way, Jose!"

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Source : Jay Barbree, Alan Shepard, Deke Slayton (2011). “Moon Shot: The Inside Story of America's Apollo Moon Landings”, p.130, Open Road Media

Deke Slayton

#Moon Quotes #Way Quotes #Star Gazing Quotes

“Nothing in life was as precious as this woman. It never would be. Iâ€™d found my happiness.”
“Foods of the Godsâ€) - â€œAfter water, cocoa is the single healthiest substance you can put in your mouth. It can easily replace a number of psychiatric drugs for mood, plus it produces the same chemistry in the brain that occurs when we fall in love.”
“I am a political person, though not with a big P.”
“Achievements on the golf course are not what matters, decency and honesty are what matter.”
“Control, edit and distill.”
“Aw, it's just like a woman. When the shootin's all over and everything's safe, they pass out.”
“I see my sisters, my mother, my grandmother. I like the way I look. I think I have a nice face. I like my eyes, my mouth. I have a good nose. I have good skin.”
“9/11 was a deliberate, carefully planned evil act of the long-waged war on the West by Koran-inspired soldiers of Allah around the world. They hated us before George W. Bush was in office. They hated us before Israel existed. And the avengers of the religion of perpetual outrage will keep hating us.”

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