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Joe Kittinger ascended to 96,000 feet in an upright, phone-booth-sized sealed capsule suspended beneath a helium balloon. With his oxygen dangerously low, Kittinger was ordered by his superior, David Simons, to begin his descent. “COME AND
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“Hello babies. Welcome to Earth. It's hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It's round and wet and crowded. On the outside, babies, you've got a hundred years here. There's only one rule that I know of, babies-"God damn it, you've got to be kind.”
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“No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it's not the same river and he's not the same man.”
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“Resolve was never stronger than in the morning, after the night, when it was never weaker”
― Naked and Other Screenplays
― Naked and Other Screenplays
“I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by.”
― The Salmon of Doubt: Hitchhiking the Galaxy One Last Time
― The Salmon of Doubt: Hitchhiking the Galaxy One Last Time
“Show some fucking adaptability!”
― Cryptonomicon.
― Cryptonomicon.
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