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"NASA wanted to assure its ability to examine the spacecraft in orbit for signs of damage."
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"A book comes and says, "Write me." My job is to try to serve it to the best of my ability, which is never good enough, but all I can do is listen to it, do what it tells me and collaborate."
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"The size of a fish does not determine its speed."
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"I didn't want to be a writer, but I became one. And now I have many readers, in many countries. I think that's a miracle. So I think I have to be humble regarding this ability. I'm proud of it and I enjoy it, and it is strange to say it this way, but I respect it."
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"Talent can be a nice thing to have sometimes. You look good, attract attention, and if you're lucky, you make some money. Women flock to you. In that sense, having talent's preferable to having none. But talent only functions when it's supported by a tough, unyielding physical and mental focus. All it takes is one screw in your brain to come loose and fall off, or some connection in your body to break down, and your concentration vanishes, like the dew at dawn. If talent's the foundation you rely on, and yet it's so unreliable that you have no idea what's going to happen to it the next minute, what meaning does it have?"
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"It takes nearly as much ability to know how to profit by good advice as to know how to act for one's self."
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"We are all capable of being great dreamers."
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"What I do I do very well and what I don't do well I don't do at all."
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"Here is my principle: Taxes shall be levied according to ability to pay. That is the only American principle."
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"Instinct is untaught ability."
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"When I played, I had a natural ability to jump and run, and I just wanted to get bigger and heavier."
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"It is a challenge to have your launch date slip continuously."
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"Canada has made a strong commitment as a partner in the International Space Station and, like the other partners, wishes to see the assembly of this unique orbiting laboratory continue."
Space
"In 1983, NASA invited Canada to fly three payload specialists, in part because we had contributed the robotic arm that is used on the shuttle."
Science
"We have played a critical role in meeting the new safety standards. The Canadian space industry contributed new tools that make the inspection of the space shuttle possible."
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"I like adventure."
Adventure
"I like the opportunity to travel the world and work in close company with other people."
Travel
"I wanted to further my education, so I went on to get a Ph.D. in electrical engineering and came back and served about ten years in the Canadian Navy as what we call a combat systems engineer."
Education
"After the Shuttle checks out on its two upcoming flights, it will be ready to take larger components up to the International Space Station later this fall."
Space
"I went to military college in Canada and graduated as an officer in the Navy but also as an engineer."
Military
"I think the crux of the matter was that if we were going to become partners in, for example, the International Space Station, we had to gain the respect of a country like the United States and particularly its space organization, NASA."
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