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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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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'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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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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I think comedy is one of the hardest things to do.
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Be fond of the man who jests at his scars, if you like; but never believe he is being on the level with you.
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I was the youngest and on my own a lot. I think this probably taught me independence and how to be okay with my own company. Also, it meant I read a lot.
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I remember the absolute, joyous freedom I felt when I first went to college: I had no bedtime, no curfew, no rules - I loved it. I was in charge. I couldn't believe I didn't have to answer to anyone.
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You can't work all your life.
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I view every film as a commitment to undertake a long journey. I suppose this has to do with my need to leave no stone unturned, and sometimes to even dig deeper into the mine.
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We knew people in Cleveland who had been making movies for 20 years that nobody sees. Every couple of years, they make a little small movie on their own, and it goes to some minor festivals, and that's it. Four years later, they do it again. That's a fulfilling life for some filmmakers, and they're happy to work that way.
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A war still rages over the legacy of the 1960s.
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He knew something was going to happen and his entire system was waiting on it. He thought it was going to be one of the supreme moments in life but apart from that, he didn't have the vaguest notion what it might be. He pictured himself, after it was over, as an entirely new man, with an even better personality than he had now. He sat there for about fifteen minutes and nothing happened.
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I've put a lot of my life into making it possible to fly in space at all.
