"That spin became so violent, it was hard to know how to get out of it. I was able to get it under control and break the speed of sound...I could feel myself break the speed of sound. I could feel the air building up and then I hit it."

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Source : "‘Fearless Felix’ Falls 24 Miles To Earth" by Chuck Squatriglia, www.wired.com. October 14, 2012.

Felix Baumgartner

#Air Quotes #Sound Quotes #Able Quotes

“Sometimes my hands they donâ€™t feel like my own; I need someone to love, I need someone to hold.”
“The two sides of industry have traditionally always regarded each other in Britain with the greatest possible loathing, mistrust and contempt. They are both absolutely right.”
“There is nothing wrong with "women's studies" that studying the right women can't cure, but feminist literary scholars have a penchant for dragging the rivers of deserved obscurity for third-rate neurotics.”
“Remember this: Now is the only time you have. When God created the universe, it was now. You can't say to creation and energy, "I'll do it later, not now." Later doesn't exist. Creation doesn't know anything but now. Whenever you get around to doing what you want to do, it will be now. The things you need to do to live a happier, more fulfilling life-the only time you can possible start doing them is now.”

Source : Source: www.biblegateway.com
“We were very focused on becoming profitable from a very early time, which was not true of most companies in the bubble”
“I avoid my neighbors - luckily, my building has two exits.”
“In media, there's a distance and an unrealistic expectation of knowledge about a person that's created.”

Source : "A conversation with award-winning recording artist David Crowder". Interview with Chad Bonham, www.beliefnet.com.
“I hate it when my leg falls asleep. I know that means it's going to be up all night.”

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