{"author":"Chris Hadfield","author_id":"Chris+Hadfield","total_quotes":28,"quotes":[{"text":"Nothing boosts confidence quite like simulating a disaster, engaging with it fully, both physically and intellectually, and realising you have the ability to work the problem.","author":"Chris Hadfield","tags":["aspirational","determination"],"id":6801,"author_id":"Chris+Hadfield"},{"text":"You should have a fear of some things. That doesn't mean it incapacitates you from your ability to figure out a way to deal with it.","author":"Chris Hadfield","tags":["way","you","mean "],"id":31562,"author_id":"Chris+Hadfield"},{"text":"Russians aren't perfect. Their politics are messed up, and they keep going through self-defeating economic cycles. But I have a lot of respect for Russia, and a lot of love for Russians.","author":"Chris Hadfield","tags":["love","keep going","politics "],"id":42448,"author_id":"Chris+Hadfield"},{"text":"I've been lucky enough to fly to space twice.","author":"Chris Hadfield","tags":["fly","lucky","enough "],"id":54756,"author_id":"Chris+Hadfield"},{"text":"Decide in your heart of hearts what really excites and challenges you, and start moving your life in that direction. Every decision you make, from what you eat to what you do with your time tonight, turns you into who you are tomorrow, and the day after that. Look at who you want to be, and start sculpting yourself into that person. You may not get exactly where you thought you'd be, but you will be doing things that suit you in a profession you believe in. Don't let life randomly kick you into the adult you don't want to become.","author":"Chris Hadfield","tags":["inspirational"],"id":88650,"author_id":"Chris+Hadfield"},{"text":"My optimism and confidence come not from feeling I'm luckier than other mortals, and they sure don't come from visualizing victory. They're the result of a lifetime spent visualizing defeat and figuring out how to prevent it. Like most astronauts, I'm pretty sure that I can deal with what life throws at me because I've thought about what to do if things go wrong, as well as right. That's the power of negative thinking.","author":"Chris Hadfield","tags":["astronauts","confidence","defeat","negative-thoughts","optimism","problem-solving","thinking","victory"],"id":139618,"author_id":"Chris+Hadfield"},{"text":"It is spectacular. From about five minutes in, when we knew for sure that we were going to have the weather to go, the smile on my face just got bigger and bigger, and I was just beaming through the whole launch. I mean, it is just an amazing ride.","author":"Chris Hadfield","tags":["weather","amazing","ride "],"id":162022,"author_id":"Chris+Hadfield"},{"text":"Early success is a terrible teacher. You're essentially being rewarded for a lack of preparation, so when you find yourself in a situation where you must prepare, you can't do it. You don't know how.","author":"Chris Hadfield","tags":["success"],"id":191028,"author_id":"Chris+Hadfield"},{"text":"Value the wisdom of humility, as well as the sense of perspective it gives you.","author":"Chris Hadfield","tags":["humility"],"id":201246,"author_id":"Chris+Hadfield"},{"text":"The world, when you look at it, it just can't be random. I mean, it's so different than the vast emptiness that is everything else, and even all the other planets we've seen, at least in our solar system, none of them even remotely resemble the precious life-giving nature of our own planet.","author":"Chris Hadfield","tags":["nature","world","you "],"id":210067,"author_id":"Chris+Hadfield"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":28,"pages":3,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}