"Well, for me it really wasn't a case……" — Duane G. Carey

Well, for me it really wasn't a case of deciding to be… - Duane G. Carey

"Well, for me it really wasn't a case of deciding to be an astronaut."

— Duane G. Carey

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30 Quotes by Duane G. Carey

Duane G. Carey has 30 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

So, I decided that whatever I was, wanted to do with my life, it would have to do, it would…
And, one thing I definitely enjoyed personally, from a selfish point of view, was exploration and going to places that…
And then, when I thought about joining the Air Force, flying seemed like a natural extension of the motorcycling experience.…
And, I wouldn't consider myself to be a natural pilot; I've had to work at it.
You know, Scooter's going to do the first separation burn; I'm going to do the second separation burn.
And, obviously as a, as one who likes to travel around myself a lot, I think the Earth is a…
And, that's what I truly believe that we're doing when we're advancing scientific knowledge is we're someday making the world…
And, so I set my goals on astronaut because, as a military aviator, it was, I considered that to be…
I worked for some very good people who have helped me along the way and actually enabled me to have…
I consider myself to be very fortunate in my career, my timing has worked out.
I'm looking forward to coming back, back to Earth, the landing, the views.
Now, I've never flown in space; but the folks who have say that on landing day, you know, you've just…

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It suddenly struck me that that tiny pea, pretty and blue, was the Earth. I put up my thumb and… — Neil Armstrong
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I fully expected that, by the end of the century, we would have achieved substantially more than we actually did. — Neil Armstrong
I thought the attractions of being an astronaut were actually, not so much the Moon, but flying in a completely… — Neil Armstrong
I wanted to be a secret agent and an astronaut, preferably at the same time. — David Byrne
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I was the first Navy, Marine or Air Force person who had been an astronaut to return back to the… — Buzz Aldrin
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To send humans back to the moon would not be advancing. It would be more than 50 years after the… — Buzz Aldrin
Being a leading man... that's like saying, 'I want to be astronaut.' That's not going to happen. — Steve Carell
I am the astronaut of boxing. Joe Louis and Dempsey were just jet pilots. I'm in a world of my… — Muhammad Ali
Some of the senior people, the very senior astronauts, shook my hand and said, 'K.C., you did a great job.… — Kalpana Chawla

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