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"First of all, you have to understand that I'm like anybody else. When I hear my voice on a record I absolutely loathe my voice. I cannot stand my voice."

"After the first exams, I switched to the Faculty of Philosophy and studied Zoology in Munich and Vienna."

"It is of first-class importance that our answer to the Riddle of the Sphinx should be in step with how we conduct our civilisation, and this should in turn be in step with the actual workings of living systems."

"What is there to be afraid of? The worst thing that can happen is you fail. So what? I failed at a lot of things. My first record was horrible."

"When I come out and sing the first few bars of Bill Bailey, it's very exciting."
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"Three of us will help the other two get suited up, get them in the hatch, and get them out the door."

"Well, right now we're so busy that I kind of had to put all the hobbies on hold. But I like going camping with my kids. I have two daughters; they're 7 and 10 years old."

"My family deals with those risks. The best I can do is talk to them about some of those risks. I'm not incredibly specific with them, especially with my kids."

"You look at it as a privilege. So you really decide that you're going to put the time in and work really hard to get to the point where you're ready."

"There are a lot of dedicated people out there that don't get the recognition that we get, but they're as important as the people that are sitting in the vehicle."

"There's been a lot of discussion about NASA culture and changing that. I think our culture has always been one of trying to do a very difficult job and do it well."

"Later, after flying in the Navy for four or five years, spending some time on an aircraft carrier, I applied to and was accepted in a program where I went to graduate school first and then to the Naval Test Pilots School."

"I think we've done that. But it's not something you really notice, 'cause I've always thought the people here have always done their best, and they continue to do their best. They just might do it a little bit differently."

"The first two missions have some test objectives, some new capabilities that we're going to try to develop on orbit to possibly be used on later flights."

"There's a lot of interest there in the missions that I fly on and the ones my brother's involved with."
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