#la

Yeah, I wasn't chosen to be first. I was just chosen to command that flight. Circumstance put me in that particular role. That wasn't planned by anyone. ↗

— Neil Armstrong

#chosen #circumstance #command #first #flight

All in all, for someone who was immersed in, fascinated by, and dedicated to flight, I was disappointed by the wrinkle in history that had brought me along one generation late. I had missed all the great times and adventures in flight. ↗

— Neil Armstrong

#along #brought #dedicated #disappointed #fascinated

I'm substantially concerned about the policy directions of the space agency. We have a situation in the U.S. where the White House and Congress are at odds over what the future direction should be. They're sort of playing a game and NASA is the shuttlecock that they're hitting back and forth. ↗

— Neil Armstrong

#agency #back #concerned #congress #direction

A single prop that does not look real to an audience can louse you up. The same is true of the smallest flaw in setting up the motivation in a story line. ↗

— Desi Arnaz

#does #flaw #line #look #louse

The brave man, indeed, calls himself lord of the land, through his iron, through his blood. ↗

— Ernst Moritz Arndt

#brave #brave man #calls #himself #his

No, Arrested Development was such an amazing experience in every way, and you know it was very unique in that it was a show that received a lot of critical acclaim, and yet we didn't ever achieve the ratings that we wanted. ↗

— Will Arnett

#achieve #amazing #amazing experience #arrested #arrested development

Well, yeah. At a certain point, you've got to be really honest with yourself. Like, 'Why am I doing this? What are my motivations?' Like, if you get into it because you want to be famous? Then you've got a long row to hoe. But if you really feel like it's a labour of love and it's something you're actually legitimately good at, then it's not that hard to keep plugging away. ↗

— Will Arnett

#am #away #because #certain #certain point

In a land of immigrants, one was not an alien but simply the latest arrival. ↗

— Rudolf Arnheim

#arrival #immigrants #land #latest #simply

Today we no longer regard the universe as the cause of our own undeserved troubles but perhaps, on the contrary, as the last refuge from the mismanagement of our earthly affairs. ↗

— Rudolf Arnheim

#cause #contrary #earthly #last #longer

Entropy theory is indeed a first attempt to deal with global form; but it has not been dealing with structure. All it says is that a large sum of elements may have properties not found in a smaller sample of them. ↗

— Rudolf Arnheim

#been #deal #dealing #elements #entropy