Chris Hadfield Quotes
And then finally, I'm the commander, so I am fundamentally responsible for the lives of the other people on board and the health and longevity of the space station. I need to bring six people back happy, healthy and feeling like they've had the best six months of their life.
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What we know for sure from our work and from others' is that mice have a life span of 1,000 days, dogs have 5,000 days, and we humans have 29,000 days. Recognizing that the duration is limited, and aging is inevitable, focus the attention on enhancing the quality of the days you have.
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I'm Cuban, so I know a lot of people who act like vampires. But wait, vampires have to be invited to your house, so maybe they are nothing like Latinos!
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I can give you a six-word formula for success: Think things through - then follow through.
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What I'm still grappling with and learning how to do is to be looking and thinking cinematically, having come from television.
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I've always thought of fat as just a descriptive word.
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As I grew up in that world and saw how much it affected her world and how much it affected our childhood, it made me very aware of politics. Of course, I have my own private feelings and thoughts, but I don't care to share them.
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The only thing documentary filmmakers have to work with, at least the way I make films, is trust. That's been true of everyone from James Carville and George Stephanopoulos to the kids in 'American High' to the soldiers in 'Military Diaries' to Anna Wintour to Dick Cheney.
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I have the necessary lack of tact.
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It's quite absurd to act against a smoke creature that is not there.
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Never trust the artist. Trust the tale. The proper function of the critic is to save the tale from the artist who created it.
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Being married to a psychologist, I realize that I learn more from imperfections.
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I'm vain enough to think that I've made a successful life. I've had everything I've ever wanted. You can't beat that.
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In my experience, scientists are not always the most socially adjusted people, and may have habits and fascinations outside of their work that others might consider odd.
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Moderate doesn't mean that you're a wimp - far from it. It means that you've chosen a path because you believe that's the only way for global harmony and peace.
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When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.
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Care for life and physical health, with due regard for the needs of others and the common good, is concomitant with respect for human dignity.
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The Bible shows the way to go to heaven, not the way the heavens go.
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Acting was just another part of my life, as it still is today. It's 1 of the 10 things I love doing. It's never just been my life. As cheesy as it sounds, all my eggs were never in just one basket. I had a thousand baskets going on.
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I'm the first to admit I've had a sheltered life. I grew up in the country and went to a boarding school. It was all just part of the business - be nice to everyone and all that.
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At the end of the day, we're all brothers and sisters in God. What people do is none of my business.
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Through the years I have seen myself as a peaceful person, but the awareness of the anger is part of that process.
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And, as a matter of fact, I am the chairman of the Amadou Diallo Foundation.
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I have as much authority as the Pope, I just don't have as many people who believe it.
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And then finally, I'm the commander, so I am fundamentally responsible for the lives of the other people on board and the health and longevity of the space station. I need to bring six people back happy, healthy and feeling like they've had the best six months of their life.
