David Mackay Quotes

Not long after I got my test pilot qualification, I realised there was no manned space flight programme in the U.K., and there was unlikely to be one.

David Mackay

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SpaceLongFlightTestPilotGot

I'm going to continue doing my thing and work my butt off to add value for shareholders and as long as they and the board see fit to keep me in this role, I feel enormously privileged to serve.

Andrew Mason

WorkValueMeFeelDoingLong

Our mother was so public - we always talked about her. But with her passing, all of a sudden we don't even want to talk about her.

Tom Smothers

MotherWantTalkAlwaysHerEven

I write from the various experiences I live. Not every poem comes from my personal experience, though. It could be something that a friend lived, or a person from my community here, or a woman anywhere around the world.

Rupi Kaur

FriendLiveCommunityExperience

When I first quit my day job, I was terrified. I called my editors and said I'm trying to make a go of this, and they threw every contract at me they could. And for two years, I had a book or an anthology out every month.

MaryJanice Davidson

DayJobMeBookTryingSaid

I'm drawn to the taboos that surround the human body. I find it fascinating that we are repelled by many of the acts and processes that keep us alive.

Mary Roach

BodyFindAliveHumanHuman BodyUs

I have a way of opening up people and gaining their trust. I think they can see my vulnerability because I'm unafraid to admit if something doesn't quite work.

Juergen Teller

WorkTrustPeopleThinkAdmitWay

I'd like to think that most of what I do is self-evident if you're listening to it or seeing it. But I don't mind the fact that it's hard to describe.

Jon Brion

MindListeningThinkYouSeeing

Eating bad food does not make you a bad person.

Dean Ornish

FoodEatingYouBadPersonMake

One game, one pitch can change everything for a hitter. The way I like to approach it is that every at-bat is its own unique opportunity to go out there and do something really good.

Anthony Rizzo

ChangeGoodOpportunityGameUnique

I really look at my childhood as being one giant rusty tuna can that I continue to recycle in many different shapes.

Augusten Burroughs

ChildhoodLookShapesDifferentTuna

I got told by pretty much everyone I knew that, if I'm going to be out in L.A., working, you need a car. So I was thinking, I'm going to try and not get a car, just because I'm a contrarian that way.

Alfred Enoch

CarThinkingYouJust BecauseWay

I don't want to get on stage and just be another act.

Shawn Mendes

WantStageActGetJustJust Be

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