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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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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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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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Every wise, just, and mild government, by rendering the condition of its subjects easy and secure, will always abound most in people, as well as in commodities and riches. – David Hume

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I almost forgot what its like to be proud of my government. – Edward Norton

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Ancient Rome declined because it had a Senate, now whats going to happen to us with both a House and a Senate? – Will Rogers

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It is through states that the American people get the job done every day, often in spite of a deeply flawed bureaucratic federal government. – Rick Perry

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The opposite for courage is not cowardice, it is conformity. Even a dead fish can go with the flow. – Jim Hightower

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The masses have no habit of self reliance or original action. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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We all have experiences in our lives that change us, and we all learn from people, like my dad, but at the end of the day, its only us. And were only responsible to make ourselves happy. – Tom Brady

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When love is at its best, one loves so much that he cannot forget. – Helen Hunt Jackson

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