Pete Conrad Quotes
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Wanted: a man who will not lose his individuality in a crowd, a man who has the courage of his convictions, who is not afraid to say 'No,' though all the world say 'Yes.'
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The world gets older, without getting either better or worse and so does literature. But I do think that the drab current phenomenon that passes for literary studies in the university will finally provide its own corrective.
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Democracies can't handle austerity measures very well.
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Once I can verify my account, I will have a Twitter.
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You get caught up in hitting home runs and seeing how far you can hit them, and your swing changes.
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The idea that motherhood is inherently somehow a threat to creativity is just absurd.
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My parents did not discourage me but could not understand how I could make a living by art. Their idea of an artist was a person who was condemned to starvation.
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Like funny men, skilled diners are apparently perceived to have an evolutionary advantage.
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I feel more Jewish than I do Iranian.
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If you want to do something, what does it matter where you are ranked?
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There are a lot of gay people in fashion, but it's not as if every gay person is a great creator.
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I greatly fear some of America's greatest and most dangerous enemies are such as think themselves her best friends.
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Corruption is rife in the Muslim world, and when it is coupled with the marginalization of religion, it manifests itself as frustration and becomes a fertile recruiting ground for extremism.
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Children should always be brave and do something about bullying. It's not okay to stand by and let it happen. Bullies thrive off secrecy. Children should tell someone if they see someone being bullied.
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I love doing stunts.
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Don't do a startup unless you're ideologically driven to make it succeed beyond the economic motivation.
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I've been a free man.
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Injecting some confusion stabilizes the system.
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Managers today have to do more with less, and get better results from limited resources, more than ever before.
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At some clubs success is accidental. At Arsenal it is compulsory.
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Originally, we had a band known as Steely Dan. As we moved away from the band, we got whoever was appropriate for specific tunes. In a lot of cases, we gravitated toward jazz players who had more sophisticated harmonic concepts.
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Kids are dying from causes of sexual activity. You're not going to find a tombstone stating that Frankie died because he was a virgin.
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Fear is often described as False Evidence Appearing Real.
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I think we need to do a little more all-weather testing.
