Quote by Alan Shepard
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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

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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Failures to heroic minds are the stepping stones to success. – Thomas Chandler Haliburton

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I attribute my success to this – I never gave or took any excuse. – Florence Nightingale

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I wish I could just go tell all the young women I work with, all these fabulous women, Believe in yourself and negotiate for yourself. Own your own success. I wish I could tell that to my daughter. But its not that simple. – Sheryl Sandberg

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Always bear in mind that your own resolution to success is more important than any other one thing. – Abraham Lincoln

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It is strange and wonderful what changes may be wrought by a few fleeting months, on the human frame, and the human heart. – Elizabeth J. Eames, “An Autumn Reverie,” October 1840

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War is a defeat for humanity. – Pope John Paul II

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For success, attitude is equally as important as ability. – Walter Scott

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They wrote in the old days that it is sweet and fitting to die for ones country. But in modern war, there is nothing sweet nor fitting in your dying. You will die like a dog for no good reason. – Ernest Hemingway

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