Michael J. Massimino Quotes
To become an astronaut is not a question of being the best at something or things coming easy to you, but it's being a person that can work with others and not give up. And, for me, that was part of it too.
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The biggest issue that we have to contend with is campaign finance reform.
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I am also a drummer of sorts. I've got an electronic set sitting in my bedroom.
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There are wonderful restaurants in London. I love Indian food and I like Arab food, and I go very often to the Arab restaurant Noura.
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My style is schizophrenic! One minute I'll be wearing bright girly dresses, and the next I'll be swinging towards more structured masculine things.
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I don't find any real rivalries with crime and thriller writers anyway. That might sound a little Pollyanna, but for the most part the writers I compete with, if you want to use that word, it's a pretty friendly rivalry. I think we all realise that the boat rises and sinks together.
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I choose parts because I don't want to be embarrassed when the movie comes out. What if my friends were to see the movie? What if my niece or nephew wandered into the theater and saw the movie? I don't want to be too ashamed of it.
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The nonphysical law allows you to use nonphysical causes to create nonphysical effects and also physical effects. This does not mean that you are not in control of what you create. On the contrary! It means that you are entirely free to create what you want, provided you are aware of how the nonphysical law of cause and effect works.
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Lastly, his tomb shall list and founder in the troughs of grass. And none shall speak his name.
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I think there's nothing that can drive you more than a huge dream or a huge challenge.
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I just want to play for Hindus and Muslims that sit together. That's all I want to do.
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I have deep emotions about the American people. If I were to cry for anything, I would cry for them and the policies that they're about to face.
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In sport, a massive amount is to do with genetics.
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Answers are not obtained by putting the wrong question and thereby begging the real one.
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How hard a thing is life to the lowly, and yet how human and real!
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As far as I'm concerned, blues and jazz are the great American contributions to music.
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Every actor fears unemployment – even me.
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I grew up in Chicago, IL. I've got three siblings.
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Very notable was his distinction between coarseness and vulgarity, coarseness, revealing something; vulgarity, concealing something.
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The essence of all religions is love, compassion, and tolerance. Kindness is my true religion. The clear proof of a person's love of God is if that person genuinely shows love to fellow human beings.
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At Yves Saint Laurent, I felt like the son-in-law - like I was part of the family, but not quite. When I was fired, I felt like the widow.
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I think that every time a country artist steps outside of the country boundary, it just brings more ears to us.
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I understand that when people read my books that there's something there - but I don't identify with it.
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I've always been attracted to themes of isolation in my work - in my independent work and my DC work.
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To become an astronaut is not a question of being the best at something or things coming easy to you, but it's being a person that can work with others and not give up. And, for me, that was part of it too.
