Chris Hadfield Quotes - Page 2

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• Almost everything worthwhile carries with it some sort of risk, whether it's starting a new business, whether it's leaving home, whether it's getting married, or whether it's flying in space.

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  Home, Space, Flying

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• In my experience, fear comes from not knowing what to expect and not feeling you have any control over what’s about to happen. When you feel helpless, you’re far more afraid than you would be if you knew the facts.

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  Knowing, Feelings, Would Be

  Chris Hadfield (2013). “An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth”, p.37, Pan Macmillan

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• Success is feeling good about the work you do throughout the long, unheralded journey that may or may not wind up at the launch pad. You can't view training solely as a stepping stone to something loftier. It's got to be an end in itself.

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  Success, Journey, Views

  Chris Hadfield (2013). “An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth”, p.31, Pan Macmillan

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• By looking at the difference between perceived danger and actual danger, you can fundamentally change your reaction.

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  Differences, Danger, Reactions

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• It’s not enough to shelve your own competitive streak. You have to try, consciously, to help others succeed.

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  Helping Others, Trying, Succeed

  Chris Hadfield (2013). “An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth”, p.76, Pan Macmillan

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• Square astronaut, round hole. But somehow, I'd managed to push myself through it, and here was the truly amazing part: along the way, I'd become a good fit. It had only taken 21 years.

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  Taken, Squares, Years

  Chris Hadfield (2013). “An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth”, p.157, Pan Macmillan

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• Sweat the small stuff. Without letting anyone see you sweat.

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  Sweat, Stuff, Sweat The Small Stuff

  Chris Hadfield (2013). “An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth”, p.112, Pan Macmillan

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• Still, I also know that most people, including me, tend to applaud the wrong things: the showy, dramatic record-setting sprint rather than the years of dogged preparation or the unwavering grace displayed during a string of losses. Applause, then, never bore much relation to the reality of my life as an astronaut, which was not all about, or even mostly about, flying around in space.

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  Loss, Reality, Years

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• It's not enough to shelve your own competitive streak. You have to try, consciously, to help others succeed. Some people feel this is like shooting themselves in the foot - why aid someone else in creating a competitive advantage? I don't look at it that way. Helping someone else look good doesn't make me look worse. In fact, it often improves my own performance, particularly in stressful situations.

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  Helping Others, Helping Someone, Feet

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• Fatherhood is the unending imperfect task of turning yourself into your dad while secretly maintaining the unbridled elation of your boyhood

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  Dad, Fatherhood, Tasks

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• Loneliness... has very little to do with location. It's a state of mind. In the centre of every city are some of the loneliest people in the world... because our whole planet was just outside the window, I felt even more... connected to the seven billion other people.

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  Loneliness, Cities, People

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• The Moon has given us months, tides and a destination that ever-beckons. It's time we build a rocket and go to stay.

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  Epic, Moon, Rockets

  Twitter post from Jul 20, 2013

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• To me, it's not about being anywhere, but being able to change my perceptions and experience something new.

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  Perception, Able, Something New

  Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

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• Life off Earth is in two important respects not at all unworldly: you can choose to focus on the surprises and pleasures, or the frustrations. And you can choose to appreciate the smallest scraps of experience, the everyday moments, or to value only the grandest, most stirring ones.

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  Frustration, Two, Appreciate

  Chris Hadfield (2013). “An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth”, p.144, Pan Macmillan

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• Other anatomical changes associated with long-duration space flight are definitely negative: the immune system weakens, the heart shrinks because it doesn't have to strain against gravity, eyesight tends to degrade, sometimes markedly (no one's exactly sure why yet). The spine lengthens as the little sacs of fluid between the vertebrae expand, and bone mass decreases as the body sheds calcium. Without gravity, we don't need muscle and bone mass to support our own weight, which is what makes life in space so much fun but also so inherently bad for the human body, long-term.

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  Fun, Heart, Space Flight

  Chris Hadfield (2013). “An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth”, p.137, Pan Macmillan

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• I guarantee if you walk into 100 spider webs, you will have changed your fundamental human behavior. And you can apply this to anything, And figure out a way to reprogram yourself, to change your primal fear.

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  Inspirational, Motivational, Suicide

  "Former ISS Commander Talks About Being Blind in Space" by Jon M. Chang, abcnews.go.com. March 18, 2014.

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• There is a sunrise or a sunset from space every 92 minutes so there is an incredible amount of beauty to see from up there.

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  Sunset, Space, Sunrise

  Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

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• Preparation is not only about managing external risks, but about limiting the likelihood that you'll unwittingly add to them. When you're the author of your own fate, you don't want to write a tragedy. Aside from anything else, the possibility of a sequel is nonexistent.

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  Writing, Fate, Risk

  Chris Hadfield (2013). “An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth”, p.46, Pan Macmillan

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• The danger is different from the fear. ... [practice] what to do if things go wrong, as well as right.

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  Practice, Different, Danger

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• You can't just ignore spacewalking suit; it partially defines the experience. So maybe the most difficult thing is becoming completely attuned to efficiently wearing a garment that is so inhibiting to motion, and making it look effortless, as if it's the most natural thing to be out there on a spacewalk.

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  Natural, Difficult

  Source: www.macleans.ca

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• Early success is a terrible teacher. You're essentially being rewarded for a lack of preparation, so when you find yourself in a situation where you must prepare, you can't do it. You don't know how.

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  Teacher, Preparation, Finding Yourself

  Chris Hadfield (2013). “An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth”, p.68, Pan Macmillan

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• "What's the next thing that's going to kill me?" is a mantra for pilots and astronauts.

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  Pilots, Next, Astronaut

  "Floating Round My Tin Can". Interview with Jacob Aron, www.slate.com. November 16, 2013.

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• It's almost comical that astronauts are stereotyped as daredevils and cowboys. As a rule, we're highly methodical and detail-oriented. Our passion isn't for thrills but for the grindstone, and pressing our noses to it.

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  Work, Passion, Cowboy

  Chris Hadfield (2013). “An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth”, p.45, Pan Macmillan

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• The emotional build-up and anticipation if you travel at Christmas can make it harder to enjoy a trip. I think sometimes it is better to travel outside of conventional holiday times for that reason.

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  Holiday, Emotional, Thinking

  Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

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• You can't change the bricks, and together, you still have to build a wall.

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  Wall, Together, Collaboration

  Chris Hadfield (2013). “An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth”, p.69, Pan Macmillan

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