Peggy Whitson Quotes
I think the legacy of the space station will be that we can do something this technically complex in an international way.
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When you encounter difficulties and contradictions, do not try to break them, but bend them with gentleness and time.
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I don't have a wallet. I carry my driver's license and a couple of credit cards in my phone. That, and a money clip.
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The fight for freedom must go on until it is won; until our country is free and happy and peaceful as part of the community of man, we cannot rest.
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The line between private and public lives is a fertile one for me. I've lived quite a public life, and it's the reason I have used well-known people in my work. I'm interested in what's going on beneath the facades they present to the world, taking them to a place which is uncomfortable.
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Every member in Congress has a seat, and they deserve a seat at the table.
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I grew up in the '80s. I was a kid, but all my favorite movies came out of that period.
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I've done thousands of interviews in my life, and it's a format that I quite enjoy, because I think of questions in interviews as an opportunity to sort of gauge my growth in a way. It gives me an idea of how I'm navigating this world that I'm in.
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Each of us have things and thoughts and descriptions of an amazing universe in our possession that kings in the 17th Century would have gone to war to possess.
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Every child should at least grow up in family rather than without one.
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I'm an all-things-in-moderation kind of person. I do eat a warm donut occasionally. I especially enjoy a cider donut when I'm apple picking. I don't think there's anything wrong with that.
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I went to a lot of college camps when I was younger... You just admire those players because they're at a higher level than you at that time.
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Judi Dench has always been the benchmark for me. Everything I have seen her do is incredible. I also really admire Cate Blanchett. In terms of people I have worked with, there is no one more admirable than Hugh Jackman, for his spirit, energy, generosity and hard work.
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Even if the songs are at times painful - 'cause some of the songs are not all roses and balloons; some of them dig into deep things that I've been going through - there's a joy that I think people feel from my music and, hopefully, from my performance because I am so in love with doing what I do.
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Majority rule only works if you're also considering individual rights. Because you can't have five wolves and one sheep voting on what to have for supper.
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I feel very strongly that 'curves' are natural, womanly and real.
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Somebody can become a celebrity for being stupid. That is what it's turned into.
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'Bramhotsavam' is a celebration of families, life and togetherness. It's a film I hold close to my heart.
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It is tough to say what has influenced me the most because I know that Mozart makes me think better, but you cannot beat Dave Matthews for feeling good!
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People need to know that they have all the tools within themselves. Self-awareness, which means awareness of their body, awareness of their mental space, awareness of their relationships - not only with each other, but with life and the ecosystem.
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And the substance out of which this bubble is blown, the soap-film, is empty space welded onto empty time.
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I hold that space cannot be curved, for the simple reason that it can have no properties. It might as well be said that God has properties. He has not, but only attributes and these are of our own making. Of properties we can only speak when dealing with matter filling the space. To say that in the presence of large bodies space becomes curved is equivalent to stating that something can act upon nothing. I, for one, refuse to subscribe to such a view.
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I don't think most analysts understand that whether I work a 70-hour week or an 80-hour week, I take my head with me when I go home.
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I think the legacy of the space station will be that we can do something this technically complex in an international way.
