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Michael J. Massimino Quotes

The reason we have the stars twinkle at night is because the light is being kind of blurred by the atmosphere around the Earth. That is why the Hubble Space Telescope is so good, because it is above the atmosphere. So it is kind of like looking at the sun from the bottom of a swimming pool, versus looking at the sun above the swimming pool.

Michael J. Massimino

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: astronaut
Nationality: american
Birth: August 19, 1962

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Good Stars Light Space Sun Swimming

The swashbuckling independence of my childhood was not all good, and as a father, I'm puzzling out how to be part of my children's lives rather than shoehorning them into mine. But there's a risk that I'll overcompensate, of course.

Good Father Children Childhood Risk

I was seen in earlier years by family members and people of authority as somebody wasting his time. I had trouble with the restrictions of conformity. It made me edgy.

Family Time People Me Trouble Edgy

Patriarchy is a fundamental imbalance underlying society And it's one we rarely address because it's so universal. But as I get older, I see that peace is a product of balance.

Peace Balance Society Product See

Reading, solitude, idleness, a soft and sedentary life, intercourse with women and young people, these are perilous paths for a young man, and these lead him constantly into danger.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Life Women Man People Solitude

A writer of fiction lives in fear. Each new day demands new ideas, and he can never be sure whether he is going to come up with them or not.

Fear Day New Day Ideas New Never

I have owed you this letter for a very long time-but my fingers have avoided the pencil as though it were an old and poisoned tool.

Long You Old Pencil Tool Fingers

But I never listen to music while I'm writing.

Stephen Greenblatt

Music Writing Listen Never While

A great poem leaves so much room for everybody to have such a different reaction to it.

Great Reaction Room Poem Different

I think people get caught up a little bit in the fact of finding things that people can't do instead of looking at the things that the player can do.

People Looking Think Finding Up Get

Politics I supposed to be the second-oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first.

Politics Realize First Come Bears

About the most originality that any writer can hope to achieve honestly is to steal with good judgment.

Good Hope Achieve Judgment Steal

I love a company that puts their money where their mouth is when it comes to LGBTQIA visibility.

Jonathan Van Ness

Love Money Mouth Company Visibility

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