Quote by Alan Shepard
I must admit, maybe I am a piece of history after all. - Alan Shep

I must admit, maybe I am a piece of history after all. – Alan Shepard

Other quotes by Alan Shepard

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 didnt mind studying. Obviously math and the physical science subjects interested me more than some of the more artistic subjects, but I think I was a pretty good student. – Alan Shepard

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Science
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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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Success
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[H]istory gives answers only to those who know how to ask questions. – Hajo Holborn, History and the Humanities

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History is full of the dead weight of things which have escaped the control of the mind, yet drive man on with a blind force. – Frederick Maurice Powicke, History, Freedom & Religion

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History

Every great writer is a writer of history, let him treat on almost any subject he may. – Walter Savage Landor, Imaginary Conversation: Diogenes and Plato

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History

The greatest tragedy in mankinds entire history may be the hijacking of morality by religion. – Arthur C. Clarke

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