"Why does one want to walk wings? Why force one's body from a plane to make a parachute jump? Why should man want to fly at all? People often ask these questions. But what civilization was not founded on adventure, and how long could one exist without it? Some answer the attainment of knowledge. Some say wealth, or power, is sufficient cause. I believe the risks I take are justified y the sheer love of the life I lead."

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Source : Charles A. Lindbergh, Reeve Lindbergh (2003). “The Spirit of St. Louis”, p.269, Simon and Schuster

Charles Lindbergh

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“My activism and sexual revolution in New York was a factor.”
“If you want to convince the world that a fish can sense your emotions, only one statistical measure will suffice: the p-value.”
“Every year, the average American eats as much as 33 pounds of cheese. That's up to 60,000 calories and 3,100 grams of saturated fat. So why do we eat so much cheese? Mainly it's because the government is in cahoots with the processed food industry. And instead of responding in earnest to the health crisis, they've spent the past 30 years getting people to eat more. This is the story of how we ended up doing just that.”
“As you can see, I am immersing myself in color-I've held back from that until now; and I don't regret it.”
“[On Austen Chamberlain:] He is more loyal to his friends than to his convictions.”
“Paradoxically, we achieve true wholeness only by embracing our fragility and sometimes, our brokenness.”

Source : Jalaja Bonheim (1997). “Aphrodite's Daughters: Women's Sexual Stories and the Journey of the Soul”, p.228, Simon and Schuster
“Astrology is just a finger pointing at reality.”

Source : Steven Forrest (1984). “The Inner Sky: The Dynamic New Astrology for Everyone”, p.5, Dubois Publishing
“The girls show more skin these days, but I think, generally, they behave the same way as when I was growing up.”

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