Steve Fossett (James Stephen "Steve" Fossett) Quotes
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I would never write a memoir, because it would be too boring.
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I would enjoy flying to Mars. This was the dream of the first cosmonauts. I wish I could realize it! I am ready to fly without coming back.
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It was all about flying round the world, working hard, being on the cover of Vogue, making money. It wasn't fun. It was exhausting, but I was young and convinced I knew best.
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I must've been a bird in some previous lifetime. I feel like I'm called to flying - the convenience and the beauty of it. That feeling of soaring would be empowering.
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Lauren Hill, I always have her solo CD nearby. I have Coldplay, Radiohead, just a mix.
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All this flying around got on my nerves. But then I gave the script to Cathy to get her opinion. When she started to laugh, it was like 'That's it!'. I went to LA and I got the part.
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Flying is one of the safest jobs in the Army as long as you don't drop out. If you do drop out, you are a dead man, and dropping out means, usually, that you have made a mistake or let go of your grip.
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I love flying by the seat of my pants, going at something instinctually.
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I had that flying wheel tattooed on my forehead and on my butt.
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There is no great sport in having bullets flying about one in every direction, but I find they have less horror when among them than when in anticipation.
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It's difficult to do that internally, because you're flying five, six hours.
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Not being boring is quite a challenge.
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People say, 'Where do you live?' and I say that theoretically, I live in London, but basically that's just where I go to change my suitcase. Otherwise, I'm always flying somewhere.
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Peregrine Wickwrackscar was flying. A pilgrim with legends that went back almost a thousand years-and not one of them could come near to this!
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And God help you if you are a phoenix, and you dare to rise up from the ash.A thousand eyes will smolder with jealousy, while you're just flying past.
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To this day my seat on a saddle or on the back of a horse is as secure and tireless as in a rocking chair, and far more pleasurable. Sometimes, in later years, when I found myself suddenly on a strange horse in a trooper's saddle, flying for life or liberty in front of pursuit, I blessed the baby lessons of the wild gallops among the beautiful colts.
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I'm not one of those famous people flying round the world emoting over every catastrophe. I'm too feeble.
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I got a couple of front teeth knocked out during a football match when I was hit by a flying elbow.
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I want people to know we throw real parties. We don't need more boring libertarian or conservative conferences.
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If you love attention and have a pretty decent voice, that's a pretty good combination.
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I'm putting myself out there in a way I don't know if I ever have before.
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When I was a little girl - well, like, a teenager - I wanted to be Sam Jackson. I always wanted to be men.
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I always have to have breakfast before I leave the house, even if it's 4 A.M. and I'm not hungry.
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The good thing about flying solo is it's never boring.
