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"I'm looking forward to coming back, back to Earth, the landing, the views."
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"I tell you, we are here on Earth to fart around, and don't let anybody tell you different."
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"The bad fortune of the good turns their faces up to heaven; the good fortune of the bad bows their heads down to the earth."
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"When you make the finding yourself - even if you're the last person on Earth to see the light - you'll never forget it."
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"Let's pray that the human race never escapes from Earth to spread its iniquity elsewhere."
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"We could have saved the Earth but we were too damned cheap."
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"He who is only just is cruel. Who on earth could live were all judged justly?"
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"Opinion has caused more trouble on this little earth than plagues or earthquakes."
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"This is Earth. Isn't it hot?"
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"It's only when you're flying above it that you realize how incredible the Earth really is."
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"A man is as old as his arteries and his interests. If he permits his economic, religious, or social arteries to harden, or loses interest in whatever concerns mankind... he will need only six feet of earth."
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"One of the jokes on our flight is that, if we have a normal entry day going, the plan is for me... to actually take the orbiter first and fly it for maybe 10 or 15 seconds and then hand it on over to Scooter."
Space Exploration
"So, I decided that whatever I was, wanted to do with my life, it would have to do, it would have to have something to do with the exploration and doing new things."
Life
"You know, piloting really isn't my hobby. And, it's probably not something I'd do in my spare time if I could do whatever I wanted to do. But, I'll tell you: if you've got to make a living, it's a great way to make a living!"
Time
"Being in space, I'm really looking forward to working with this team of folks that I'm with."
Being
"There's been a tremendous amount of work that's been done that you can't see in Columbia."
Work
"Because when we're in space, my job is primarily getting us there and getting us back."
Job
"Now you're coming back to Earth, and things are getting more and more dynamic."
Earth
"And, so I set my goals on astronaut because, as a military aviator, it was, I considered that to be about the peak of a flying career."
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"And, one thing I definitely enjoyed personally, from a selfish point of view, was exploration and going to places that I had never been to before and learning, you know, meeting the people and getting to know, new sights and sounds, etc."
People
"Now, I've never flown in space; but the folks who have say that on landing day, you know, you've just spent maybe a week and a half, sometimes two weeks in orbit and you're used to the things happening slowly in space."
Space Exploration
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