Quote by Alan Shepard
Id like to say I was smart enough to finish six grades in five yea

Id like to say I was smart enough to finish six grades in five years, but I think perhaps the teacher was just glad to get rid of me. – Alan Shepard

Other quotes by Alan Shepard

The pilot looked at his cues of attitude and speed and orientation and so on and responded as he would from the same cues in an airplane, but there was no way it flew the same. The simulators had showed us that. – Alan Shepard

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Attitude
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We worked with the engineers in the design and construction and testing phases in those various areas, then we would get back together at the end of the week and brief each other as to what had gone on. – Alan Shepard

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design
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Its a very sobering feeling to be up in space and realize that ones safety factor was determined by the lowest bidder on a government contract. – Alan Shepard

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Government
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A teacher who is not dogmatic is simply a teacher who is not teaching. – Gilbert K. Chesterton

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My father also happened to be an intellectual, as learned, literate, informed, and curious as anyone I have known. Unobtrusively and casually, he was my wise and gentle teacher. – James Tobin

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teacher

And I found out, the other part of it is that I found out and in my desire to life successfully, that baseball fit very well into my life. Its been a great teacher, trainer, mentor and youll see what I mean in the next few minutes that I have to speak. – Dave Winfield

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teacher

I was strongly encouraged by a science teacher who took an interest in me and presented me with a key to the laboratory to allow me to work whenever I wanted. – Frederick Reines

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teacher

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Equality and development will not be achieved however if peace is not understood from womens point of view. – Jenny Shipley

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