Chris Hadfield Quotes
The International Space Station is a phenomenal laboratory, an unparalleled test bed for new invention and discovery. Yet I often thought, while silently gazing out the window at Earth, that the actual legacy of humanity's attempts to step into space will be a better understanding of our current planet and how to take care of it.
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Remain calm, serene, always in command of yourself. You will then find out how easy it is to get along.
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I created 'The Guild' because nobody was offering me the roles I thought I could do best at in Hollywood.
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Palestinian propagandists can say and do anything they please without concern for the truth, in the belief that if they repeat it often enough it will simply become the truth.
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I know that I was put on this planet to be an athlete.
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I'm not one to take revenge. If someone does something wrong to me I leave it in the hands of the universe to take care of that person.
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Like most of those who study history, he (Napoleon III) learned from the mistakes of the past how to make new ones.
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As awful as crime can be, it's what happens afterward - the struggling to get out of bed, to put one foot in front of the other - that alters people.
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The Bible calls us to love our neighbors, and to do justice and love kindness, not to indiscriminately kill one another.
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Doing and making positive programming for young people is so important to me, and I will keep doing it.
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My parents got me in trouble when I was in school because someone was getting bullied, and I didn't do anything about it. I just watched it happen and then came to the school, and I got cussed out for not helping and not being a part of it.
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I feel like I work on scripts for comedy as well as dramatic stuff the same.
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You've got to separate the singer and the songs.
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There's an awareness of fashion in this country, and it's not limited to gay people.
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Evil. Mistrust those who rejoice at it even more than those who do it.
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I generally travel with my laptop, a couple of great books, and my iPod.
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Unfortunately, I was making comedies in my 20s, but other people didn't realize they were comedies.
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The powerlessness of the child is often forgotten. And after it comes the terrifying phase of moving into adulthood.
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I'm going to trust my instincts when something's wrong.
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Men are too emotional to vote. Their conduct at baseball games and political conventions shows this . . .
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I used to take musical instruments home from elementary school. There were some music teachers there - we all learned instruments. A lot of us got started in public schools. Charlie Parker and Bud Powell, for example. But now there are no more music teachers in public elementary schools. It's like (Senator) Moynihan said, 'benign neglect.' Just let it rot and fester.
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The habit of common and continuous speech is a symptom of mental deficiency. It proceeds from not knowing what is going on in other people's minds.
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The bond of our common humanity is stronger than the divisiveness of our fears and prejudices. God gives us the capacity for choice. We can choose to alleviate suffering. We can choose to work together for peace. We can make these changes - and we must.
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I think of workshopping as a way to read your own work through the eyes of others - a scene that you write gets refracted by those around you, and suddenly you have several different readings of it, each with a different momentum for how it might be retooled or reshaped.
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The International Space Station is a phenomenal laboratory, an unparalleled test bed for new invention and discovery. Yet I often thought, while silently gazing out the window at Earth, that the actual legacy of humanity's attempts to step into space will be a better understanding of our current planet and how to take care of it.
