"Going to space was a moment that people think was my Mount Everest, but it's not. I have so many Mount Everests. This just happens to be one of them. It has changed the way I approach things. I realize it's not about me; it's about what I did and about the person we had as a Canadian woman in space. I look at pictures of myself and say, 'That's the woman who did it'."

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Source : Source: www.macleans.ca

Roberta Bondar

#Thinking Quotes #People Quotes #Realizing Quotes

“I don't know whether my life has been a success or a failure. But not having any anxiety about becoming one instead of the other, and just taking things as they come along, I've had a lot of extra time to enjoy life.”
“I think that the ordinary bloke has an instinctive sense that it wouldn't be too bad if the weather warmed up.”

Source : "They cheat, I tell you". Interview with Julian Glover, www.theguardian.com. May 2, 2008.
“I think a lot guys get laid pretending to be Shaggy 2 Dope because without his paint he's a lot more unrecognizable. He's not a gimpy gorilla like me.”

Source : Source: www.avclub.com
“And the associated danger for the identity of Europe cannot be ignored out of a wrongly understood sense of respect... The Catholic side sees this clearly and says as much.”

Source : "A ‘Christian’ Europe Without Christianity" By David Gibson, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 13, 2011.
“I'm sure people in the business have said: She's too old for that part. I don't hear about it because your agent protects you from those negative things.”
“Each season has its own beauty. To practice meditation is to open the mind so that all of them may be enjoyed. When each season comes we should enjoy it; & when it goes, we should let it go and open our mind to the next season.”
“To live with the conscious knowledge of the shadow of uncertainty, with the knowledge that disaster or tragedy could strike at any time; to be afraid and to know and acknowledge your fear, and still to live creatively and with unstinting love: that is to live with grace.”
“As a writer who writes poetry, nonfiction, and fiction, I think it's important to always maintain a firm grasp on genre and ethics.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net

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