Discovery's mission was a very nice Christmas present, ... Santa Claus has been very, very good to NASA, no lumps of coal in their stocking.
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Every pitcher can beat you, it doesn't matter how good you are.
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You have to protect it too, you can't let just any stupid person take it and do something demoralizing with it. At the same time, I don't believe in being so rigid about controlling what happens either.
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Crime is the price society pays for abandoning character.
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