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Michael P. Anderson

"When you launch in a rocket, you're not really flying that rocket. You're just sort of hanging on."

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Akshay Vasu

"And the two planes that were taking the band and crew that we had taken out to San Diego were flying out after the show. And so I was never supposed to be on that plane."

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Akshay Vasu

"Everything has changed. The flying changed. The airports have changed."

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Akshay Vasu

"The easiest gift to give my husband is anything to do with airlines and flying."

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Akshay Vasu

"In 1975 I decided that there was no future in flying (airline jobs were impossible to get, and who wants a job where you are judged only by seniority?) and headed off to grad school."

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Akshay Vasu

"Be able to blow out a dinner candle without sending wax flying across the table."

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Akshay Vasu

"I'm not sure I always feel like I'm in the seat. Sometimes I'm only holding on by one hand and flying out behind the roller coaster. I don't know anybody who doesn't feel that way."

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Akshay Vasu

"You've got to keep things flying."

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Akshay Vasu

"Flying is awful, there's nothing to do when you're up in the air. I bloat up, my skin gets dry, and when we hit turbulence, I'm terrified."

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Akshay Vasu

"No flying machine will ever fly from New York to Paris."

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Akshay Vasu

"The transformation scene, where man is becoming insect and insect has become at least man and beyond that - a flying, godlike, shimmering, diaphanous, beautiful creature."

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Michael P. Anderson
"As you look back at your life, there are just a million different things that have happened, just in the right way, to allow you to make your dreams come true. And you know, someone has all that under control."

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Michael P. Anderson
"I went to the University of Washington as a physics and astronomy major. My other interest, of course, was aviation. I always wanted to be a pilot. And if you're going to fly airplanes, the best place to be is the Air Force."

Aviation

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Michael P. Anderson
"Science was something that really caught my attention. It was something I really could sink my teeth into."

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Michael P. Anderson
"It looks like the future's really bright."

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Michael P. Anderson
"Like most kids growing up, I had a very wide interest. I was interested in everything. I tried to take advantage of everything, from the sciences to music to writing to literature."

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Michael P. Anderson
"There are just hundreds of people that have inspired and influenced me in a number of different ways. First of all, you can't forget your parents and all they've done to help you to get here."

People

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Michael P. Anderson
"If you want something that's going to provide you with a lot of challenges and a variety of different things to do, then you really can't beat a place like the Air Force. I don't mean this to sound like a recruiting pitch. But it's been a lot of fun."

Force

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Michael P. Anderson
"It's a great view from here. I'm having the time of my life."

Life

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Michael P. Anderson
"Fortunately, I got called down to NASA for an interview. And one thing led to the next, and one day I got that call. I've been here about seven years now and am really enjoying it."

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Michael P. Anderson
"When you launch in a rocket, you're not really flying that rocket. You're just sort of hanging on."

Flying

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