Henry Spencer Quotes

The original specifications for Apollo navigation called for the ability to fly a complete mission, including a lunar landing, with no help from Earth - none, not even voice communications.

Henry Spencer

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FlyVoiceHelpMissionEarthApollo

I asked a French critic a couple of years ago why my books did so well in France. He said it was because in my novels people both act and think. I got a kick out of that.

Jim Harrison

PeopleThinkSaidWhyOutCritic

Possibly you are not aware of the fact that the largest sum given by any contributor to the fund is but a trifle when compared with the losses suffered by nearly all the firms in the cotton trade during the disastrous years of the American war.

John Bright

WarAmericanYouCottonYearsTrade

Technology has given us access to the world and its sea of content, allowing us to never speak to another person if we don't want to.

Angela Ahrendts

TechnologySeaWorldSpeakPerson

Part of my growing up was always trying to make my parents proud and always trying to keep them happy. I think part of what held them together was my involvement in sports.

Jeff Garcia

SportsTogetherHappyParentsProud

You don't want to have a boring runway presentation, but you don't want to show stuff nobody is going to wear.

Michael Bastian

YouNobodyWantBoringPresentation

I love 19th-century Russian literature, the avant garde, the Soviet period.

Amor Towles

LoveLiteratureSovietPeriodI Love

Indeed, children thrown together in a community that doesn't have a language of its own will invent one in order to communicate with each other.

Steven Pinker

CommunityChildrenTogetherLanguage

There would probably be less of a frenzy among the French public.

Michel Patini

WouldFrenchPublicLessFrenzy

If you're naturally a certain size, I think it suits you and you can see that. There's no point in trying to conform for the sake of it. People are meant to be different shapes, and their different shapes are so interesting and, ultimately, why people fall in love with them.

Miranda Hart

LovePeopleThinkSuitsInteresting

I don't believe in selling art by transparencies. Art is a firsthand experience.

Arne Glimcher

ArtExperienceBelieveSelling

Comedy is something that I'm definitely looking to get into. I had a little taste of it and I do intend on going to classes for it because I think it's a different muscle, and it's hard to find female comedians.

Ashley Greene

LookingThinkComedyFindMuscle

Athletic ability can be taken away like that. It can all end in a heartbeat.

Tim Tebow

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