John:

“Even among the astronauts, Ed White had always stood out; a strapping six-footer who had barely missed becoming an Olympic hurdler, he was known as one of the finest physical specimens in the Astronaut Office. And perhaps more than any astronaut except John Glenn, White subscribed to their ail-American image. In 1965, after he became the first American to walk in space, White easily wore the mantle of a national hero. There appeared to be no limit to how far he might go.” 

Andrew Chaikin, A Man on the Moon

spot the difference:

(hint: there is none)

It was a team game, brilliant teamwork.

John Kennedy wasn’t just speaking Robert Kennedy’s words because he improvises at the end of the speech. Robert Kennedy got him to the plate, but it’s John Kennedy who hit the ball out of the park. | American Dynasties: The Kennedys (2018)

Awwww babe

This is what I’m talking about. “Oops, Ah almost let them see me enjoyin’ mahself. Better shut ‘er down!”

profile of grace

Ava Gardner, 1940′s

Carole Lombard and Jimmy Stewart welcome the new year in Made for Each Other (1939)