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Charles Duke Quotes

I always respected Neil Armstrong highly. He was probably the coolest under pressure of anyone I ever had the privilege of flying with. I never saw him flustered.

Charles Duke

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: astronaut
Nationality: american
Birth: October 3, 1935

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Flying Pressure Privilege Never Him

A lot of my personality was informed by feeling very different in the world I grew up in, feeling that I didn't fully belong, that my parents didn't belong.

Jhumpa Lahiri

Personality Parents World Feeling Up

It's strange to play outdoors, especially in the daytime. But we're figuring it out. The rules are different for festival shows - how you talk to the crowd, how you can try to get them involved. Things are just a little different, and I think we've learned to adapt our show.

Andrew Dost

Outdoors Think You Rules Play Adapt

And, of course, it must be asked: is it proper to transact with the Turks for the most reassured of Greek possessions when Greece is under Turkish invasion and subjugation?

Melina Mercouri

Possessions Must Greece Course Most

On landing at New York I caught the yellow fever. The kind man who commanded the ship that brought me from France took charge of me and placed me under the care of two Quaker ladies. To their skillful and untiring care I may safely say I owe my life.

John James Audubon

Life Man New York Yellow Me Ship

I have fun just about everywhere I go.

Mavis Staples

Fun Have Fun Go Just Everywhere

If I'm on form and I'm not being bothered too much by mental problems or whatever, I can whip out something good. That's why I've done quite a few overdubs for Tina Turner and things like that, because even before she made this comeback I said yes to her, just because I love Tina Turner.

Jeff Beck

Love Good Comeback Problems I Can

In any crass political calculation, drilling for oil will always win more votes than putting a price on carbon. But if I recall what I was taught in fifth-grade American government class, we elect presidents to do more than crass political calculations.

Jeff Goodell

Government Win American Political

A show like 'True Detective' is definitely a drama.

John Wells

Drama True Show Detective Like

While the President leads his potential adversaries in almost every state, his support is soft. He is seen as honest, sincere, just, and friendly but gets mediocre or relatively poor ratings being competent strong, intelligent, and a forceful leader.

Robert Teeter

Leader Support Strong Potential Poor

I don't think of my songs as sad songs. I think of them as vulnerable and honest. I crack jokes in between songs, so people don't leave feeling too dark.

Mary Lambert

Sad People Think Feeling Dark Jokes

The struggle of man against power is the struggle of memory against forgetting.

Milan Kundera

Power Struggle Man Memory Forgetting

I just can't relax. That's my problem.

Columbus Short

Relax Problem Just