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Pilots' Wisdom
1. Every takeoff is optional. Every landing is mandatory.

2. If you push the stick forward, the houses get bigger. If you pull the stick back, they get smaller. That is, unless you keep pulling the stick all the way back, then they get bigger again.

3. Flying isn't dangerous. Crashing is what's dangerous.

4. It's always better to be down here wishing you were up there than up there wishing you were down here.

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Now, almost halfway into the 10th year of the 21st. century, it's evident that changes are taking place rapidly. great and longstanding institutions have and are crumbling while we watch. New ways, means and methods develop faster than they can be understood. Today's state of the art is tomorrows old hat.
A few things seem to remain relatively the same. People still depend on other people for almost everything. Most of the success or failure one experiences is due to the actions other ...

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