"It seems farther away now because there are no rockets getting there. Nobody is going."

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

Alan Bean

#Rockets Quotes

“Simplify the game as much as possible. When you add, you must subtract.”
“They hadn't even gotten their first paychecks yet, ... My biggest thing was giving them a sense of reality and what costs would be. We outlined costs and a budget, and by the time we finished they said they could take maybe one vacation a year. They started to understand reality versus their dreams.”
“Paperwork is the embalming fluid of bureaucracy, maintaining an appearance of life where none exists.”
“Menswear is about subtlety. It's about good style and good taste.”
“The anvil of justice is planted firm, and fate who makes the sword does the forging in advance.”
“Among those whom I like or admire, I can find no common denominator, but among those whom I love, I can: all of them make me laugh.”

Source : Dyer's Hand (1963) "Notes on the Comic"
“I get a huge buzz from spending time with kids.”

Source : "Prince Harry on emotional coming-of-age tour". Interview with Seth Doane, www.cbsnews.com. March 14, 2012.
“You who suffer because you love, love still more. To die of love, is to live by it.”

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