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

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You have to be there not for the fame and glory and recognition and being a page in a history book, but you have to be there because you believe your talent and ability can be applied effectively to operation of the spacecraft. – Alan Shepard

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History
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I think all of us certainly believed the statistics which said that probably 88% chance of mission success and maybe 96% chance of survival. And we were willing to take those odds. – Alan Shepard

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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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My being a teacher had a decisive influence on making language and systems as simple as possible so that in my teaching, I could concentrate on the essential issues of programming rather than on details of language and notation. – Niklaus Wirth

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I was a writer. I just wasnt a very good one. I was lucky enough to have a playwriting teacher who told me that Id be a better actor than I would a playwright. – Liev Schreiber

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The thing I loved the most – and still love the most about teaching – is that you can connect with an individual or a group, and see that individual or group exceed their limits. – Mike Krzyzewski

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We can teach a lot of things, but if the teacher cant relate by talking to a group of friendly students, hell never be a competent teacher. – William Glasser

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