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“Anticipate leveling off to end up at the desired altitude without busting through it. Use the 10 percent rule of thumb. If climbing at 500 feet per minute, start to level off when 50 feet below the desired altitude. If climbing 1,000 feet per minute, start to level off 100 feet below the desired altitude. If climbing 5,000 feet per minute, you’re not flying a helicopter.   Ease”
R. Padfield, Learning to Fly Helicopters

Amor Towles
“Here, indeed, was a formidable sentence--one that was on intimate terms with a comma, and that held the period in healthy disregard.”
Amor Towles, A Gentleman in Moscow

Randy Pausch
“We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand.”
Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

Amor Towles
“Fate does not take sides. It is fair-minded and generally prefers to maintain some balance between the likelihood of success and failure in all our endeavors.”
Amor Towles, A Gentleman in Moscow

Winston S. Churchill
“Strange as it may seem, the Air Force, except in the air, is the least mobile of all the services. A squadron can reach its destination in a few hours, but its establishments, depots, fuel, spare parts, and workshops take many weeks, and even months, to develop.”
Winston S. Churchill, Their Finest Hour

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