Of course, mankind would not have landed on the Moon in 1969, were it not for two things: conquered Nazi rocket technology and post-war anti- Communist paranoia in the United States.
Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
This is a mournful discovery.1) Those who agree with you are insane2) Those who do not agree with you are in power.
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Philip K. Dick
My parents are going to kill me! "" That seems rather harsh...
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Garth Nix
Behind the hieroglyphic streets there would either be a transcendent meaning, or only the earth.
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Thomas Pynchon
Never let your fear of the unknown and things being too difficult make your choices for you in life. One of the saddest lessons in life is finding out that your fear made the situation worse than what it was and a braver person stole...
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Shannon L. Alder
More Quotes By Charles Duke
Two months after I got out of test pilot school, I saw an advert that said NASA was recruiting more astronauts. The best job you could have as a test pilot was being an astronaut, so I volunteered.
My walk on the moon lasted three days. My walk with God will last forever.
Of course, mankind would not have landed on the Moon in 1969, were it not for two things: conquered Nazi rocket technology and post-war anti- Communist paranoia in the United States.