Wally Schirra Quotes
When people have asked if I'd like to go in the Shuttle, I said you don't get to fly it, except for landing, which I'd love to do. I wouldn't go unless I could command it.
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I think computer science, by and large, is still stuck in the Modern age.
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I don't really know why I care so much. I just have something inside me that tells me that there is a problem, and I have got to do something about it. I think that is what I would call the God in me.
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I feel so gratified about having finished college. I learned how to articulate myself. It gave me confidence more than anything. And also the ability to analyze the text.
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It's a cliche, but there really is no handbook about the celebrity thing; you have to figure it out as you go along.
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I'm a 'Lost' guy, I love 'Lost.'
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I wanted life to be episodic. I wanted to be a magazine photographer and I was willing to do what it took to become that.
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What I love about the sci-fi community is that it's the most nonjudgmental, inclusive, diverse environment in the country. There's no group of people that is more diverse and inclusive.
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I like to look at 'A Place in the Sun' every now and get inspired by it.
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We hope the stories of the 14 kids in 'American High' provide something for many people to relate to.
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I tend to have a lot of jokes about ex-girlfriends. They always ask me if they will be the subject of a joke, and I always tell them they won't. Unless they do something crazy. They all tend to, so you know where that goes. There are no closed doors. The 'art' will suffer.
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It's no easy task to either make money online as a publisher or to advertise your product in a world where attention is so fleeting and divided.
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The composition of the primary is so different than when I was first elected governor in 1978.
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Time whizzes by when you have children. They make you aware of the passing of time, but also help keep you young.
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My life has been a dream. If someone had to write a story about it, it would seem a little unreal. It's the kind of story I would read and say, 'Nah, that's not possible.'
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The only way of knowing a person is to love them without hope.
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World War II has always been of great interest to me. I've known for decades that it was just one more war the politicians suckered us into.
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More than anything, there are more images in evil. Evil is based far more on the visual, whereas good has no good images at all.
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In the end, you have to protect yourself at all times.
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Why are people making it so difficult for girls to live the way they want to in India? Let's not make India a place where a girl has to think 10 times before going out or wearing what she wants.
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What we learned several years ago was that one of our weaknesses would be if we didn't develop enough people with the know-how to run our company, it would come to the point where we would just stop.
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With but few exceptions, it is always the underdog who wins through sheer willpower.
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If there's a sustainable job that will create sustainable value, people will hire for it.
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I look to a day when people will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.
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When people have asked if I'd like to go in the Shuttle, I said you don't get to fly it, except for landing, which I'd love to do. I wouldn't go unless I could command it.
