Chris Hadfield Quotes
As an astronaut, especially during launch, half of the risk of a six-month flight is in the first nine minutes.
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In a family of all girls, I was always the 'boy' in my mind - the protector, the masculine one. No one would ever have to worry about me.
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Most of the people nowadays send their things by internet. But I cannot work that way. I like to do it myself.
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I've had the same barber since I was about 14 years old.
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The man who has his millions will want everything he can lay his hands on and then raise his voice against the poor devil who wants ten cents more a day.
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After all, despite the economic advantage to firms that employed child labor, it was in the social interest, as a national policy, to abolish it - removing that advantage for all firms.
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I feel there is a big sense of accomplishment and achievement and self worth through what you do no matter what the job, no matter what you decide to dedicate your life to.
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Talking to other people who make low-budget movies, everyone kind of has the same struggle.
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My father felt that his world of ideas was too liberal for traditional rabbinical teachings, and he looked for a chance to find a way in life.
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Date a woman with children only if you are ready to man up, because it's a position that comes with responsibility.
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That image is a couple different people's homes that I knew growing up.
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Millions of people gave their lives fighting fascism and imperialism, but Pearl Harbor was the event that forever changed the course of human history.
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In the late '70s, I was falling into the middle lane. I was way too country to be rock, and way too rock to be a country act.
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Goals and objectives are based on theories and foundations.
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It's insane to me to ask anybody to be what they're not. Know what you know the best, love the most. That's always going to be the answer to the thing that you have the best shot at winning at.
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The best founders are extremely thoughtful and have an eye for quality. I don't know if there's any generic advice here that would be helpful. Startup knowledge is a moving target.
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Prejudice of any kind implies that you are identified with the thinking mind. It means you don't see the other human being anymore, but only your own concept of that human being. To reduce the aliveness of another human being to a concept is already a form of violence.
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Playing on the Burj Al Arab helipad was an unforgettable experience, and the view of Dubai was incredible.
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Denying our courts the ability to hear oil-related cases of great consequence to our environment and our economy is completely the wrong direction to protect the rights of Floridians.
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My record was so bad that I was first rejected by the Peace Corps as a poor risk and possible troublemaker and was accepted as a volunteer only after a great deal of explaining and arguing.
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I'm just interested in having a handle on my environment.
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Of course things you don't know about are always nicer'n things you do, same as the pertater on 'tother side of the plate is always the biggest.
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I'm learning every day.
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Giraffes are completely tranquil - they have no predators as adults because there's not an animal in the jungle stupid enough to go for them.
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As an astronaut, especially during launch, half of the risk of a six-month flight is in the first nine minutes.
