"I sometimes still go out hunting for bad weather, flying low in simple airplanes to explore the inner reaches of the clouds. Less experienced pilots occasionally join me, not to learn formal lessons about weather flying, but with a more advanced purpose in mind - to accompany me in the slow accumulation of experience through circumstances that never repeat in a place that defies mastery."

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Source : William Langewiesche (1998). “Inside the Sky: A Meditation on Flight”, Pantheon

William Langewiesche

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“I grew up in Danville, Illinois, right in the middle of the state.”
“Simplicity of manner is the last attainment. Men are very long afraid of being natural, from the dread of being taken for ordinary.”
“In our Nation, approximately 22.5 million children ride school buses to and from school each day, which accounts for 54 percent of all students attending grade school.”
“We travel to learn; and I have never been in any country where they did not do something better than we do it, think some thoughts better than we think, catch some inspiration from heights above our own.”

Source : Maria Mitchell (1896). “Maria Mitchell: Life, Letters, and Journals”
“The only time it got really crazy was during 'Batman.' Anywhere I went in the world, people knew who I was. I was being offered these huge films that would have taken my career to a different level, and I decided to put on the brakes. I knew if I continued on that track, I probably wouldn't have gotten married.”

Source : "5 Kids & No Nanny: How Chris O'Donnell Does It" by Laurie Sandell, www.redbookmag.com. May 17, 2010.
“Why are drugs so profitable? Essentially, many argue, itâ€™s because they are illegal. By making drugs a criminal enterprise, it creates an enormous black market economy where drugs fetch far greater prices than they would if legal.”
“I went down and played with Magic Johnson at his all-star game in Atlanta. I remember Magic stopped the game and said, 'We need you here with us in L.A.”
“True liars never love. True lovers never lie.”

Source : Twitter post from Sep 5, 2011

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