John M. Grunsfeld Quotes
I don't particularly want to jump out of an airplane with a parachute if I don't have to. I don't want to go bungee jumping. I like adventure with a real purpose that I can buy into.
Quotes to Explore
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I love my family and I miss them very much but I'm a new person now. I know a lot of people will not agree with what I've done, but it was right for me.
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Yes, I can speak a bit and I can read and write in Russian. I learned it from my grandmother who raised me with all the Russian fairytales.
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If I go on a diet and work out, I'm always in a bad mood. I'd rather be a little heavier but nice.
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You know when you're 14 and terrified to talk to a girl? I didn't suffer much from that. It seemed very natural to me to talk to girls.
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To his credit, Obama has undertaken a truly ambitious effort to redefine the United States' view of the world and to reconnect the United States with the emerging historical context of the twenty-first century. He has done this remarkably well.
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The best part of being blonde is forgivable momentary lapses of common sense.
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I love the Royal Family. The Queen, she's fabulous.
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Australia has a very big history of incarceration. What does that mean to us? What does it mean that we came over to a country that's not necessarily ours and filled it with white prisoners?
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Most Indians go into education. Their parents just push them into education like parents in Australia push them into sports.
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War is over if you want it.
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It should take you 15 minutes to make a song, and then get out of there.
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There's a great freedom in writing by yourself. You can write anything you want.
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Laws are to be enforced justly but firmly, with an iron hand. This is the case anywhere, even in a family.
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I could battle rap forever, but it's a joke to me.
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I never thought of being disadvantaged.
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One of the reasons I love writing for middle graders, besides their voracious appetite for books, is their deep concern for fairness and morality.
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The strips about the military do seem to provoke moving and thoughtful responses. It's nice when the strip resonates, but more importantly, I need to know when I'm getting something wrong. The last thing I want to do is contribute to the suffering that wounded warriors already endure.
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I am extremely left brain dominant, probably 95%-5%. The feeling side of my brain is not really strong.
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Remember, you and you alone are responsible for maintaining your energy. Give up blaming, complaining and excuse making, and keep taking action in the direction of your goals - however mundane or lofty they may be.
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I choose films for their artistic value. I don't need a mansion or a Jaguar. When I leave this Earth, I won't take any money with me. All I will leave behind will be my art.
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Healing is movement. Disease is inertia. If you put the body in motion, you will change.
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Words have power. The things that you say to yourself as a parent - the things that you say maybe even just one time to your children - they take it, and they take it into their real world and into their life and beyond.
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I don't particularly want to jump out of an airplane with a parachute if I don't have to. I don't want to go bungee jumping. I like adventure with a real purpose that I can buy into.
