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"You can't handle the truth"

"A penny saved is a penny earned"

"even the losers get lucky sometime"

"I did not have sex with that woman"

"Let freedom ring"

"Thou shalt not covet your neigbors wife"

"Houston, we have a problem"

Artonio wrote on Dec 29^th, 2008 at 11:35pm:

Difference being that more than likely, you were telling the truth.  

kevmd wrote on Dec 29^th, 2008 at 10:46pm:

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Apollo 13 [film]
Apollo 13 is a 1995 film that dramatized the event of the ill-fated same-titled lunar mission in 1970. The movie was adapted by William Broyles Jr. and Al Reinert from the book Lost Moon by Jim Lovell and Jeffrey Kluger and was directed by Ron Howard. It stars Tom Hanks, Kevin Bacon, Bill Paxton, Gary Sinise and Ed Harris, and features Kathleen Quinlan.

Technical accuracy
The film is notable for its technical accuracy; principals reported that the film is reasonably faithful to the facts of the mission but adds some tension between the astronauts for dramatic effect.

The dialogue between ground control and the astronauts was taken verbatim from actual transcripts and recordings, with the notable exception of one of the tag lines of the film, "Houston, we have a problem."
[This quote was voted #50 on the list "AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movie Quotes".]
The words uttered by Jack Swigert were "Okay, Houston, we've had a problem here." Jim Lovell then repeated "Houston, we've had a problem." The script changed the quote deliberately, as Lovell's actual words suggested something happening in the past rather than the present.
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The Phrase Finder
Houston, we have a problem

Meaning
Originally a genuine report of a life-threatening fault. Now used humorously to report any kind of problem.

Origin
John Swigert, Jr. and James Lovell who, with Fred Haise Jr., made up the crew of the US's Apollo 13 moon flight used [almost] this phrase to report a major technical problem back to their Houston base.

Swigert: 'Okay, Houston, we've had a problem here.'
Duke: 'This is Houston. Say again please.'
Lovell: 'Houston, we've had a problem. We've had a main B bus undervolt.'

The phrase was later used as the tag line for the 1995 film - Apollo 13.
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- 1970 April 13-June 15 -  Apollo 13 - "Hey - we've got a problem here"  Spacecraft: Apollo CSM.

"Hey, we've got a problem here." The message from the Apollo 13 spacecraft to Houston ground controllers at 10:08 p.m. EDT on April 13, initiated an investigation to determine the cause of an oxygen tank failure that aborted the Apollo 13 mission.

Additional Details: Apollo 13 - "Hey - we've got a problem here".

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