Pilots Quotes - Page 20

• My business partner gave me a drone, a small helicopter you pilot with an iPhone, and also it has a camera so you can see what it sees on the iPhone. Great fun. I fly it outside in Portugal. It's wonderful to oversee gardens.

  Christian Louboutin

  Fun, Garden, Iphone

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• I wrote six pilots, none of which ever got picked up. When you stop trying, it then it falls in your lap.

  George R. R. Martin

  Fall, Trying, Six

  "George R. R. Martin Interview GAME OF THRONES". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. April 17, 2011.

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• I wanted to be a doctor at one point and I also wanted to be a pilot. I think if you grow up in a dodgy area, reality often beats down those ambitions as you get older. But with me that never really happened.

  James McAvoy

  Growing Up, Ambition, Reality

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• And so we were asleep there in San Diego. And our pilot called us. And his brother was on one of the other planes. And when he was leaving the airport, he saw in his rear view mirror that there was an explosion.

  Reba McEntire

  Brother, Airports, Mirrors

  "Larry King Live", edition.cnn.com. December 25, 2005.

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• I hadn't worked for a year when I had my Prison Break audition and it was the easiest audition I've ever had. I got the script on Friday, went to the audition on Monday and got the part on Tuesday. I was shooting the pilot a week later. I didn't have time to be nervous - it happened so quickly.

  Wentworth Miller

  Friday, Monday, Years

  "60 SECONDS: Wentworth Miller". Interview With Andrew Williams, metro.co.uk. April 18, 2006.

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• I have a rule: I want the pilot flying me up in the air at 30,000 feet to make more than a guy working at Taco Bell.

  Michael Moore

  Air, Feet, Guy

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• I would like to fly in space. Absolutely. That would be cool. I used to just do personally risky things, but now I've got kids and responsibilities, so I can't be my own test pilot. That wouldn't be a good idea. But I definitely want to fly as soon as it's a sensible thing to do.

  Elon Musk

  Kids, Responsibility, Space

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• When I first began doing TV pilots, my expectations were high. I didn't understand that world. So when 'Weeds' took off, I was so happy. Especially as I was just a guest star in the pilot. But once it got picked up, they made me a regular cast member.

  Kevin Nealon

  Weed, Stars, Expectations

  "A Minute With: Kevin Nealon returning to stand-up comedy". Interview with Iain Blair, www.reuters.com. August 1, 2012.

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• When I fly in a helicopter, I insist there be two sets of controls, one for me in case something happens to the pilot. I'm no expert, but I know enough to at least get the thing on the ground. Nothing scares me like the thought of not being in control.

  Jack Nicklaus

  Two, Scare, Experts

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• I've had a long line of failed television programs, pilots that were never picked up, series that didn't go very long. I've learned that there's really nothing you can do. If it's not in my control, I try not to worry about it.

  Nathan Fillion

  Worry, Long, Trying

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• I don't know about living on an automatic pilot, but I've had times where I've decided to just test myself and my mettle, and for no good reason other than it's what life is. Even before I was acting, I had, like, one day in high school I decided to just show them my pajamas, just for no good reason.

  Will Ferrell

  School, One Day, Acting

  Interview with Todd Gilchrist, www.ign.com. November 08, 2006.

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• My pilot's license. I'm proud of that.

  Craig Ferguson

  Proud, License

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• When you accept a role in a pilot, you automatically sign up for five years. You think it's scary to walk down the aisle? Try signing a five-year contract for a show you may not want to be part of down the road.

  Jennifer Aniston

  Thinking, Years, Scary

  "Jennifer Aniston: Screens Goddess". Interview with Lynn Hirschberg, www.nytimes.com. October 24, 2008.

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• I've spent my life as an airplane mechanic, pilot, aircraft manufacturer and airline CEO who never lost a life or an airplane. I am considerate of the risk we take every time we fly. I also know we need to fly and always to improve safety.

  Gordon Bethune

  Airplane, Safety, Risk

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• Live are a really good band. I like Stone Temple Pilots, Radiohead I love. Even Oasis.

  Nuno Bettencourt

  Oasis, Band, Stones

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• I did a pilot for Anything But Love in 1988 that didn't sell.

  Kathryn Bigelow

  Sells

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• And, I wouldn't consider myself to be a natural pilot; I've had to work at it.

  Duane G. Carey

  Natural

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• I've done 10 or 11 pilots for network television, which is ridiculous.

  Dave Chappelle

  Done, Television, Ridiculous

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• I'm shooting a pilot based on my show. It's a one-camera show. I play myself.

  Dane Cook

  Play, Cameras, Shooting

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• Every public school in the country should have a nutrition-education curriculum. We're creating a pilot program at my son's school. We are looking to create a replicable model that can help bring good nutrition to all children.

  Cat Cora

  Country, Children, School

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• I was a fighter pilot, flying Hurricanes all round the Mediterranean. I flew in the Western Desert of Libya, in Greece, in Syria, in Iraq and in Egypt.

  Roald Dahl

  Egypt, Iraq, Flying

  Roald Dahl (2008). “Boy: Tales of Childhood”, p.156, Penguin UK

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• I'm trying to be as green as I can. As an airline pilot, I have a carbon footprint that's a size 10, so it's pretty hard.

  Bruce Dickinson

  Carbon Footprint, Trying, Green

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The sensation of writing a book is the sensation of spinning, blinded by love and daring. It is the sensation of a stunt pilot's turning barrel rolls, or an inchworm's blind rearing from a stem in search of a route. At its worst, it feels like alligator wrestling, at the level of the sentence.

  Annie Dillard

  Book, Wrestling, Writing

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• Oh, I had an idea for a pilot of my own at the time, and then Carl sent me about eight scripts and simply I threw my idea out the window because the writing was just so good.

  Dick Van Dyke

  Writing, Eight, Ideas

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• So just as I want pilots on the planes that I fly, when it comes to monetary policy, I want to think that there is someone with sound judgement at the controls.

  Martin Feldstein

  Thinking, Judgement, Sound

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