August 25

I came home later than usual. Perhaps there was something unusual in my appearance, because mom asked, "Has anything happened? You are so strange today." To tell her that I joined the parachute club was too hard for me. I didn't want to troube her; besides, I was not completely sure about the success of my new adventure...
Valentina Tereshkova (1937 - ) First Woman in Space (June 16 1963)
http://www.spacebusiness.com/quest/quest102.htm

Be always sure you're right -- then go ahead. Davy Crockett (1786-1836)
http://www.lsjunction.com/people/crockett.htm

"Happiness is as a butterfly which when pursued is always beyond our grasp, but which if you will sit down quietly may alight upon you."
- Nathaniel Hawthorne -

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