Gene Cernan Quotes
Perhaps the two greatest moments of my life were standing on the moon and being outside of the room when my granddaughter was born! We tend not to remember the worst.
Quotes to Explore
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I am enjoying my face changing, as well as realizing that at the same time, as you get older, the machine isn't as well-oiled as it was.
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The tragedy of all of this is that it happened to me and it shouldn't have happened. It ruined my life and my career. That's the tragedy of this.
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I would like to direct.
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Mel will always be Mad Max, and me, I will always be a Number.
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I just want to do my job.
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Unfortunately, America doesn't have a minister of culture, and I don't understand why. It's really bad for young people.
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I wouldn't say no to becoming a Bond girl. Making it in Hollywood has been my dream ever since I was little, watching Marilyn Monroe movies. To star in a Bond movie would be bliss on a stick.
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America is another name for opportunity.
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I was 12 years old when I had my first job, delivering packages.
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I've performed Schoenberg's 'Pierrot lunaire' many times.
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I'd like to imagine that in order to beat me a person would have to play almost perfect tennis.
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I was terrible when I first started skating and was clinging onto the side for dear life, but it's something I'll always have now, and the tour is always so much fun.
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I hate facts. I always say the chief end of man is to form general propositions - adding that no general proposition is worth a damn.
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The idea that everything is purposeful really changes the way you live. To think that everything that you do has a ripple effect, that every word that you speak, every action that you make affects other people and the planet.
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Indeed, there is an eloquence in true enthusiasm that is not to be doubted.
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Wait long enough, and people will surprise and impress you.
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I would rather be the tail of a lion than the head of a mouse.
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But friends invited me to a private screening of Emmanuelle and said I'd learn a few things. But I know all the swear words. I just don't use them. So I declined.
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The question of what happens after life is question that unifies human beings.
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I take care of my flowers and my cats. And enjoy food. And that's living.
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There are a lot of negotiators that really will give in on a deal because being understood is more important than getting what they want. And there's a particular type in particular, the assertive negotiator: being understood is actually more important to them than actually making the deal.
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As long as you care as much as I care, you can't be ashamed of anything.
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Perhaps the two greatest moments of my life were standing on the moon and being outside of the room when my granddaughter was born! We tend not to remember the worst.
