"New York, forever the port of em- and de-barkation en route to Adventure."

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Source : Cornelia Stratton Parker (1934). “Wanderer's Circle”

Cornelia Parker

#New York Quotes #Adventure Quotes #Forever Quotes

“We would like to give special thanks to all those Americans who built the spacecraft; who did the construction, design, the tests, and put their hearts and all their abilities into those craft. To those people tonight, we give a special thank you, and to all the other people that are listening and watching tonight, God bless you. Good night from Apollo 11.”

Source : Excerpts from Apollo Expeditions to the Moon, edited by Edgar M. Cortright, NASA SP-350, Washington, DC, amview.japan.usembassy.gov. 1975.
“When I see our country's stagnation and economic woes, I cannot help but think that we need a creative revolution that is embraced by business and endorsed by government and educators alike.”
“Essentially what photography is is life lit up.”
“We are all full of discourses that we only half understand and half mean.”
“Comedians don't have hits. You have to have a whole brand-new hour. You have no hits to rely on.”
“I'm much more accepting of myself. A lot of my body issues have naturally settled down.”
“I believe in heaven more than hell, lessons more than jail. In the ghetto, let love prevail with a story to tell. My eyes see the glory, and well, The world waiting for me to yell, "I Have A Dream!"”
“I had done everything I could do as an astronaut, and we have a long line of inexperienced astronauts waiting for their first missions, and so my role really should be to step aside and help them prepare for their missions, rather than to try to get another mission.”

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