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Failure is not an option.

— Eugene F. Kranz Misattributed Statement attributed to him in the film Apollo 13 (1995)

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Eugene F. Kranz very probably did not say this. Wikiquote lists it as misattributed.

Source: Statement attributed to him in the film Apollo 13 (1995), which he had not actually used in that crisis. He later used the phrase as the title of his autobiography.
Work: Statement attributed to him in the film Apollo 13, 1995
Source quality: Source identified Names the work or year, but without an exact location.

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