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Carrying the Fire: An Astronaut's Journey by Michael Collins

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In fact, to me the amazing, the incredible, the fantastic (pardon the slip into astronaut parlance) fact is that so few crew mistakes and mishaps have occurred during Gemini and Apollo flights. The opportunities for error are almost ...more

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“The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart and head and hands, and then work outward from there.”
― Robert M. Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values

tags: inspirational

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“You are never dedicated to something you have complete confidence in. No one is fanatically shouting that the sun is going to rise tomorrow. They know it's going to rise tomorrow. When people are fanatically dedicated to political or religious faiths or any other kinds of dogmas or goals, it's always because these dogmas or goals are in doubt.”
― Robert M. Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values

tags: dedication, doubt, faith

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