"As I have discovered again and again, things are never as bad (or as good) as they seem at the time."

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Source : Chris Hadfield (2013). “An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth”, p.11, Pan Macmillan

Chris Hadfield

“Pixar has announced Larry the Cable Guy will be starring in Cars 3 thru 6. Howie Mandel will be playing his sidekick, Mopey the Moped.”
“The United States is for a two-state solution. The United States wants to see the Israelis and Palestinians come together.”
“Never underestimate a child's ability to get into more trouble.”
“I have my new food line in the works - I think it's over 200 items. Hopefully I can make a difference; it's delicious food that's just so easy. I think it'll help people enjoy their lives... it's good!”
“If we compare a severely defective human infant with a nonhuman animal, a dog or a pig, for example, we will often find the nonhuman to have superior capacities, both actual and potential, for rationality, self-consciousness, communication and anything else that can plausibly be considered morally significant.”
“I love creating individual short stories within chapters, but I want to get better at building consistent narratives from start to finish.”

Source : "'Morrissey's hair, bongs made of apples, MTV's 120 Minutes': Inside this month's hottest new books". Interview with Teddy Wayne, www.salon.com. May 20, 2015.
“You get what you think about, whether you want it or not. Commit to thinking about what you want, rather than how impossible or difficult that dream may seem.”
“Normal is not something to aspire to, it's something to get away from.”

Source : "Diamonds, Pearls & Stones : Jewels of Wisdom for Young Women from Extraordinary Women of the World". Book by Barbara Warren Holden and Jennifer Read Hawthorne, 2004.

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