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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In sport, a massive amount is to do with genetics.
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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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If you're going to be born ugly and be an actor - the least they can do is let you play Lincoln.
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Tiger the dog had a showdown with a fast moving flower truck in the middle of the street and lost.
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It is often said that second thoughts are best. So they are in matters of judgment but not in matters of conscience.
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Mental fitness is served by consciously redirecting our attention away from the constant bombardment from the media whose reason to be seems to be focused on keeping us in a state of constant alert.
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You know everything you need to know about a person from the answer to the question, What is your favorite book?
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It's not easy working with your husband, I'll be straight up about that. But when we work together, we always get great product. It's not easy in the process and as we go along it gets easier, but yeah, it gets a little sticky.
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The actual work of recording a record or making a film just requires that you consciously block the time out to do that and nothing else. That's what I do.
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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.
