Homer Hickam quotes
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“You must completely dedicate yourselves to it. To do less will be to let down your country, your state, your parents, your teachers, and ultimately, yourselves. Remember this: The only good citizen is the well-educated citizen.”
-- Homer HickamSource : Homer Hickam (1999). “Rocket Boys”, p.146, Dell
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“I had discovered that learning something, no matter how complex, wasn't hard when I had a reason to want to know it.”
-- Homer HickamSource : Homer Hickam (1999). “Rocket Boys”, p.181, Dell
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“Despite the ills of our society, we largely live among compassionate, kind and optimistic people who are striving to do good. [...] Learn how to be happy and keep this in mind: You can't be happy unless you stop being afraid.”
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“A rocket won't fly unless somebody lights the fuse!”
-- Homer HickamSource : Homer Hickam (1999). “Rocket Boys”, p.120, Dell
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“I didn’t care…about heroes who could read minds or walk through walls or do magic. The heroes I liked had courage and knew more real stuff than those who opposed them.”
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“There are two things every woman really wants: one, she wants to know that a man really loves her, and two, that he isn't going to stop.”
-- Homer HickamSource : Homer Hickam (1999). “Rocket Boys”, p.160, Dell
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“It is better to confess ignorance than provide it.”
-- Homer HickamSource : Homer Hickam (2007). “The Coalwood Way: A Memoir”, p.9, Island Books
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“I would tell people some years later that I was raised an only child and so was my brother.”
-- Homer HickamSource : Homer Hickam (1999). “Rocket Boys”, p.35, Dell
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“Not much comes easy in this world, Sonny. If it does, it's best to be suspicious of it. It's probably not worth much.”
-- Homer HickamSource : Homer Hickam (1999). “Rocket Boys”, p.173, Dell
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“A man can't hit a woman and stay a man. He becomes a loathsome thing, even to himself. But the woman who stays with such a man panders to his darkness. They both risk their souls.”
-- Homer Hickam
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