"The first plane ride was in a homemade glider my buddy and I built. Unfortunately we didn't get more than four feet off the ground, because it crashed."

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Alan Shepard

#Feet Quotes #Firsts Quotes #Four Quotes

“I'm a talker. I love a good debate.”
“People say they want freedom, but what they really want is freedom from worry. If I take care of their problems, they don't mind being told what to do.”
“We cannot afford to walk down that dangerous path of government overstepping its boundaries into the most personal parts of our lives.”

Source : "Iraq veteran would be first Hindu in Congress" by Kim Geiger, www.stripes.com. September 5, 2012.
“If I say ***** the government, some will clap because they agree and some will clap just because you said f***. I've had countless audience members offer me free drugs but I also got free hernia surgery.”
“[My mother] was the one who encouraged me constantly and always reminded me that God gave me a talent and I have to use it. I should not keep it locked inside.”
“There have been people who have tried to take advantage of me. They want to be linked to me just because I'm Ethel Merman.”
“I think that others can drive a creature to naughtiness, always accusing and blaming them. After a while it must make the creature unhappy and drive him...to be naughty, because nobody expects them to be good...”
“Buying a home wouldn't make much sense if house prices were likely to decline further; no one wants to catch a falling knife.”

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