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Its a very sobering feeling to be up in space and realize that one

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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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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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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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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All that a good government aims at… is to add no unnecessary and artificial aid to the force of its own unavoidable consequences, and to abstain from fortifying and accumulating social inequality as a means of increasing political inequalities. – James F. Cooper

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The instant formal government is abolished, society begins to act. A general association takes place, and common interest produces common security. – Thomas Paine

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Ohio claims they are due a president as they havent had one since Taft. Look at the United States, they have not had one since Lincoln. – Will Rogers

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Let the people think they govern, and they will be governed. – William Penn, Some Fruits of Solitude, 1693

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I think it would be hard to go the distance in this business without a sense of humor. – Patricia Clarkson

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