"The Columbia accident made us realize that we had been playing Russian roulette with the shuttle crews -- that we had been very, very fortunate in the past that the foam did not cause critical damage."

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Source : "NASA mulls threat from protrusions". www.cnn.com. August 1, 2005.

Wayne Hale

#Past Quotes #Roulette Quotes #Damage Quotes

“what are we all sent into the world for, but to be of use to each other?”

Source : Emily Eden (1860). “The Semi-detached House”, p.231
“The garden is doing so well, we have so many greens and radishes that everyone is enjoying. Also, we are using one square as a compost bin, the Green Team is collecting food waste at lunch. Things are looking great, a huge thank you again.”
“As long as I can wear a wig I can be any character, and in real life I can be myself.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“When I became leader, I made very clear I was not going to choose the easy life. I have always taken risks. I don't like comfort-zone politics.”
“That's when you know you're a true married couple: when you have to apologize for what you did in her dream.”
“There is that interdependence and that strength you get from a team, that the group is greater than any individual.”
“Increasingly, we will be faced with a choice: whether to keep the oceans for wild fish or farmed fish. Farming domesticated species in close proximity with wild fish will mean that domesticated fish always win. Nobody in the world of policy appears to be asking what is best for society, wild fish or farmed fish. And what sort of farmed fish, anyway? Were this question to be asked, and answered honestly, we might find that our interests lay in prioritizing wild fish and making their ecosystems more productive by leaving them alone enough of the time.”

Source : Charles Clover (2008). “The End of the Line: How Overfishing is Changing the World and what We Eat”, p.313, Univ of California Press
“It was the era of photography. This may have influenced us, and played a part in our reaction against anything resembling a snapshot of life. (On the year 1905)”

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