Chris Hadfield Quotes
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For every benefit you receive a tax is levied.
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The love of liberty and the sense of human dignity are the basic elements of the Anarchist creed.
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My favorite film is probably the finale - 'Deathly Hallows: Part 2'.
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Orchestra had a little brass ensemble on two tracks as well, but the rest was me. I knew I couldn't continue in this direction, even if people liked it, because I can only duplicate myself.
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I don't have traceable literary models because I haven't had great literary influences in my life.
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Alienation as our present destiny is achieved only by outrageous violence perpetrated by human beings on human beings.
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When the Chinese first came to San Francisco, they were actually welcomed by the mayor and they had special ceremonies for them-again this is when their colony was very small, only a few Chinese.
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In terms of Rogers, I can't comment on how other fighters in the UFC would fare with Brett Rogers because that's just speculation.
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It took me 14 years to write poems about Vietnam. I had never thought about writing about it, and in a way I had been systematically writing around it.
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I love writers. All of my best friends are writers.
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'Mad' is a term we use to describe a man who is obsessed with one idea and nothing else.
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Every teenager and everybody around the ages from 10 to 18 has to go through finding out who they are.
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There can be no literary equivalent to truth.
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I paint objects as I think them, not as I see them.
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I would be a fool to put my feet down in a position where I can't accommodate metamorphoses.
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You have to realize that up until about 1959, Africa was dominated by the colonial powers. And by the colonial powers of Europe having complete control over Africa, they projected Africa always in a negative light - jungles, savages, cannibals, nothing civilized.
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The lack of a consistent policy from major economies is the main source of volatility.
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Of course great politicians are always liable to be wrong about something, and the more people tell them they are wrong, the more stubbornly they defend their error.
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There's a burden of representation that comes into play when there aren't enough representatives of a certain group in popular culture.
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The Rogue Cyborg is doing serious Rogue Cyborg stuff. He’s crouched before a data terminal as though it were an ancient altar, and from the look on his face what he’s praying for is desperate and bloody revenge.
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The Unhappy may, possibly, by indulging Thought, hit on some lucky Stratagem for the Relief of his Misfortunes, and the Happy may be infinitely more so by contemplating on his Condition.
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When you're out on the road touring and touring and then making records, you're just constantly looking forward, constantly working. You don't really stop to look at where you are or where you've been.
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Every day, you try to get better, and I don't think I'll ever be complacent and happy with where I am, no matter what.
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I've put a lot of my life into making it possible to fly in space at all.
