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Walter Russell Artist, Author, Philosopher
Airplane

"There is a scientific explanation of healings by the power of Mind over matter which demonstrates that such healings are not miracles, but are within Nature's law which cannot be transcended by either man or God. The Fact that they were beyond man's comprehension did not prove that they were supernatural - for an airplane or radio would have been thought supernatural to dwellers in places far removed even one generation ago."

Men Healing Airplane
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Robert Kiyosaki Businessman, Author
Airplane

"Starting a business is like jumping out of an airplane without a parachute. In mid air, the entrepreneur begins building a parachute and hopes it opens before hitting the ground."

Inspiration Airplane Jumping
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Antoine de Saint-Exupery Writer, Aviator
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"Using an artful tool does not make one a dry technician. It seems to me that people that are anxious about our technical advancement, confuse means and ends. Naturally a person that only works for material gain will not harvest something that is worth living for. But the machine is not an end in itself. The airplane is not an end. It is a tool. Just like the plough."

People Mean Airplane
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Richard Bach Author
Airplane

"The highest art form of all is a human being in control of himself and his airplane in flight, urging the spirit of a machine to match his own."

Art Machines Airplane
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Steve Jobs Entrepreneur
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"Some people can do one thing magnificently, like Michelangelo, and others make things like semiconductors or build 747 airplanes -- that type of work requires legions of people. In order to do things well, that can't be done by one person, you must find extraordinary people."

People Order Airplane
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James Thurber Cartoonist, Author
Airplane

"Man is flying too fast for a world that is round. Soon he will catch up with himself in a great rear end collision."

Men Travel Airplane
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Airplane

"Drive down any road, take a train or an airplane across the world, leave your old life behind, die and be born again~ wherever you arrive they'll be there first, glossy and rowdy and indistinguishable. The deep muscle of the world."

World Airplane Rowdy
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Barack Obama Politician
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"Cutting the deficit by gutting our investments in innovation and education is like lightening an overloaded airplane by removing its engine. It may make you feel like you're flying high at first, but it won't take long before you feel the impact."

Teaching Education Airplane
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Paul Smith Fashion Designer
Airplane

"I was always making things. I made model airplanes and did a number of hands-on activities. I liked creating in some form or another, not realizing what it was all about."

Numbers Creating Airplane
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Bertrand Russell Philosopher, Mathematician
Airplane

"I once saw a photograph of a large herd of wild elephants in Central Africa Seeing an airplane for the first time, and all in a state of wild collective terror... As, however, there were no journalists among them, the terror died down when the airplane was out of sight."

Funny Airplane Elephants
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Henry Rollins Musician, Writer, Actor
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"So I'm more at home with my backpack, sleeping in a hotel room or on a bus or on an airplane, than I am necessarily on a bed. It's weird being here. It feels like I'm standing next to my real life."

Real Home Airplane
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