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Both optimists and pessimists contribute to our society. The optim

Both optimists and pessimists contribute to our society. The optimist invents the airplane and the pessimist the parachute. – Gil Stern

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Lovers of air travel find it exhilarating to hang poised between the illusion of immortality and the fact of death. – Alexander Chase, "Perspectives," 1966

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There are only two emotions in a plane: boredom and terror. – Orson Welles

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Flying

More than anything else the sensation is one of perfect peace mingled with an excitement that strains every nerve to the utmost, if you can conceive of such a combination. – Wilbur Wright

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Flying

I think it is a pity to lose the romantic side of flying and simply to accept it as a common means of transport…. – Amy Johnson

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The U.S. couldnt even get rid of Saddam Hussein. And we all know that the EU is just a passing fad. Theyll be killing each other again in less than a year. Im sick to death of all these fascist lawsuits. – Bill Gates

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I dont feel famous. – Uma Thurman

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