Glenn Curtiss quotes
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“It is hard enough for anyone to map out a course of action and stick to it, particularly in the face of the desires of one's friends; but it is doubly hard for an aviator to stay on the ground waiting for just the right moment to go into the air.”
-- Glenn CurtissSource : Glenn H. Curtiss (1912). “The Curtiss Aviation Book”
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“With the possible exception of having more pleasing lines to the eye while in flight, the monoplane possesses no material advantage over the biplane.”
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“It is not a bad sport, but there's no place to go.”
-- Glenn Curtiss
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“Of course on air I use occasional hyperbole to tell a story.”
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Source : Adam Clarke (1835). “Christian Theology”, p.62
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Source : Abba Eban (1969). “My people: the story of the Jews”, George Weidenfeld & Nicholson
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Source : Abby Sunderland, Lynn Vincent (2011). “Unsinkable: A Young Woman's Courageous Battle on the High Seas”, p.199, Thomas Nelson Inc
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Source : A. Lee Martinez (2007). “In the Company of Ogres”, p.133, Macmillan
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“It is true that we may desire much more. But let us use what we have, and God will give us more.”
Source : ADONIRAM JUDSON (1854). “RECORDS OF THE LIFE, CHARACTER, AND ACHIEVEMENTS”, p.106
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