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Jack Swigert

22 quotes in 102 categories

[Wikipedia] John Leonard Swigert Jr. was an American NASA astronaut, test pilot, mechanical engineer, aerospace engineer, United States Air Force pilot, and politician. In April 1970, as command module pilot of Apollo 13, he became one of 24 Apollo astronauts who reached the Moon. Due to the "slingshot" route a

Quotes by Jack Swigert

Through our space program we can find land that's tillable and grow food.

Find

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If you're willing to work hard you can do whatever you want to do.

Hard

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I'm no different than anyone else.

Anyone

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I'm a shining example of what happens if you're willing to work hard.

Example

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I was going to school nights and it was so demanding of your time that social activities suffered.

Going

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The American public needs to be alerted to the value of the space program.

American

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I'm fortunate to have viewed our Earth from the moon and that vision has convinced me that technology and commitment will conquer…

Commitment

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I worked after school and Saturdays to save money to take an hour of flying, even though I couldn't solo.

Flying

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If we continue to develop our space program we can take solar energy and convert it to electrical energy by beaming it…

Back

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I try to tailor a talk to the audience.

Audience

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If we really want a lasting peace, we've got to provide food for the whole world. Because when a man sees his…

Family

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Congress must recognize that free enterprise is the cornerstone of this nation's economy.

Business

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I do hope to make a moon flight sometime.

Flight

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Apollo 13 taught me that challenges are to be met and overcome.

Apollo

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I don't think I'm confirmed bachelor.

Bachelor

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Perhaps lessons learned from space can be applied to other areas particularly to the solution of social problems.

Lessons

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Where one component might do, two are used bcause rescue on a lunar mission would be next to impossible. After all, you're…

Difficult

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I was down to an 11-handicap before running for the Senate.

Before

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I like to see the flag up flying proudly. When I'm in space I represent that flag.

Flag

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When we get out to other planets in the solar system, we'll use the gravitational pull of each planet to help launch…

Help

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It's not easy to measure the effects of prayers.

Easy

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I'm a fighter, not a quitter. Look what I did to get into the space program.

Fighter

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