"There was a wonderful little short four-year time period when marvelous things happened. It started in 1908, when the Wright brothers flew in Paris, and everybody said, 'Ooh, hey, I can do that.' There's only a few people that have flown in early 1908. In four years, 39 countries had hundreds of airplanes, thousands of pilots."

-- Burt Rutan

#Country Quotes #Brother Quotes #Airplane Quotes

“To see a man beaten not by a better opponent but by himself is a tragedy.”
“I had a cigarette for breakfast, just for beginners, Cried for my lunch, and sleep for dinner.”
“Wouldn't it be most logical for her to change herself into a living thing, like a cat or dog, a bird or mouse?' That would be the easiest transformation, but Risto is above doing something simple.' Still, I'd be happier if Dibl would quit eating those bugs. Dibl, stop it. You might eat Gilda.”

Source : Donita K. Paul (2008). “DragonQuest: A Novel”, p.274, WaterBrook
“Do not be afraid to offer ideas that draw opposition. Remember, if no one is against your idea, then your idea probably doesn't do anything.”
“I know all's fair in love and war but when you go off and try to be by yourself and it ends up on the front page of the press it's frightening, knowing your life is under such scrutiny”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“In life it wasn't what you know, but who you know. I had people who were trying to buy teams and had they bought the teams, I would have gotten to coach because they wanted me to coach. But the people who have the teams hire their friends.”
“No politician is threatened by the child protective constituency, because it does not exist.”
“If your only dance experience is the Nutcracker, it will be a shock; hopefully shocking in a good way.”

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