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"So, whenever Scooter was the Pilot, he never had a chance to fly the orbiter. So, the joke is: I'm going to have a chance to fly it first and hand it over to him."
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"We should read to give our souls a chance to luxuriate."
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"No fact in human nature is more characteristic than its willingness to live on a chance. The existence of the chance makes the difference between a life of which the keynote is resignation and a life of which the keynote is hope."
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"Though men pride themselves on their great actions often they are not the result of any great design but of chance."
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"Joint undertakings stand a better chance when they benefit both sides."
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"We need to go to the niceties of approaching the U. N. and let them have a chance to take it over, but we should set some sort of date and begin to move out and leave it to whoever takes over."
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"Newspaper readership is declining like crazy. In fact, there's a good chance that nobody is reading my column."
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"What is the likelihood, of winning the lottery, then lose it all the next day when you step out your front door and get struck by lightning? Probably, very slim, but then anything is possible."
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"Remember to be gentle with yourself and others. We are all children of chance and none can say why some fields will blossom while others lay brown beneath the August sun."
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"My job is to give my team a chance to win."
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"We are given to the cult of personality; when things go badly we look to some messiah to save us. If by chance we think we have found one, it will not be long before we destroy him."
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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

"And, obviously as a, as one who likes to travel around myself a lot, I think the Earth is a beautiful place. And, I'm looking forward to some new perspectives."
Travel

"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!"
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"And, I was really impressed with how beautiful our country was and how friendly the people were."
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"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."
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"I worked for some very good people who have helped me along the way and actually enabled me to have the opportunity to be selected to join the Astronaut Corps."
People

"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
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