"No, I think most astronauts recognize that the space shuttle program is very high-risk, and are prepared for accidents."

-- Sally Ride

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“My father's vision was to see the Pilbara developed in a way that would benefit his beloved north, and West Australia and he wanted to see Australia become a stronger economy benefiting from the development of our north. His life was spent pursuing that vision.”
“What good can come from meeting death with tears? If a man Is sorry for himself, he doubles death.”
“The gospel is a gospel of giving and forgiving.”
“But wherever I was I played baseball. That's all I lived for. When I sat up on the front seat of that covered wagon next to my father, I was wearing a baseball glove. That showed anybody who was interested where I wanted to go.”
“Accepting new challenges makes me come alive.”

Source : Interview with Ocean Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. August 1, 2014.
“I've never been the type of singer that can sing in heels and the gown and all this stuff, because I can't get to where I want to go while I'm in that getup.”
“Throughout history, poverty is the normal condition of man. Advances which permit this norm to be exceeded â€” here and there, now and then â€” are the work of an extremely small minority, frequently despised, often condemned, and almost always opposed by all right-thinking people. Whenever this tiny minority is kept from creating, or (as sometimes happens) is driven out of a society, the people then slip back into abject poverty. This is known as "bad luck.”
“Now suppose that the clue experiences that can correct the illusion become for some reason increasingly scarce â€“ perhaps because the dominant story itself brings about their elimination! Then the illusion might go on for a very long time, might have to result in real catastrophe, before anyone realizes anything is wrong.”

Source : Val Plumwood (2012). “The Eye of the Crocodile”, p.13, ANU E Press

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