Author: Valentina Tereshkova

Quotes

It doesn't matter what country or what political system you are from. Space brings you together.

It doesn't matter what country or what political system you are from. Space brings you together.

- Valentina Tereshkova

To tell her that I joined the parachute club was too hard for me. I didn't want to trouble her; besides, I was not completely sure about the success of my new adventure.

To tell her that I joined the parachute club was too hard for me. I didn't want to trouble her; besides, I was not completely sure about the success of my new adventure.

- Valentina Tereshkova

A bird cannot fly with one wing only. Human space flight cannot develop any further without the active participation of women.

A bird cannot fly with one wing only. Human space flight cannot develop any further without the active participation of women.

- Valentina Tereshkova

They forbade me from flying, despite all my protests and arguments. After being once in space, I was desperately keen to go back there. But it didn't happen.

They forbade me from flying, despite all my protests and arguments. After being once in space, I was desperately keen to go back there. But it didn't happen.

- Valentina Tereshkova

Cosmonauts can keep their word like men and women - particularly women.

Cosmonauts can keep their word like men and women - particularly women.

- Valentina Tereshkova

I never aimed to be on television or in the press. We all have a personal life, and being a public figure disrupts that.

I never aimed to be on television or in the press. We all have a personal life, and being a public figure disrupts that.

- Valentina Tereshkova

Anyone who has spent any time in space will love it for the rest of their lives. I achieved my childhood dream of the sky.

Anyone who has spent any time in space will love it for the rest of their lives. I achieved my childhood dream of the sky.

- Valentina Tereshkova

After being once in space, I was keen to go back there. But it didn't happen.

After being once in space, I was keen to go back there. But it didn't happen.

- Valentina Tereshkova

Hey sky, take off your hat, I'm on my way!

Hey sky, take off your hat, I'm on my way!

- Valentina Tereshkova

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