"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."
"Always I try to write about people. People are interested in other people always."
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Homer Hickam
Author, Engineer
Homer Hickam is an American author and former NASA engineer, known for his memoir 'Rocket Boys', which inspired the film 'October Sky'.
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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."
"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."
"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."
"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."
"A rocket won't fly unless somebody lights the fuse!"