{"author":"Ron Garan","author_id":"Ron+Garan","total_quotes":15,"quotes":[{"text":"At this point I thought 'We made it,' by which I meant 'We survived.' I also was acutely aware that my childhood dream of flying into space had just come true.","author":"Ron Garan","tags":["astronaut","international-space-station","iss","outer-space","space","space-flight","spaceship"],"id":1069,"author_id":"Ron+Garan"},{"text":"We are limited only by our imagination and our will to act.","author":"Ron Garan","tags":["action","activism","astronaut","imagination","space"],"id":14857,"author_id":"Ron+Garan"},{"text":"We essentially had to build a docking mechanism between the two capsules. We didn't have to share a lot of data, and we did that at the height of the Cold War, which was pretty symbolic.' –Bill Gerstenmaier.","author":"Ron Garan","tags":["america","cold-war","global-community","globalism","globalization","international-law","international-relations","international-space-station","outer-space","russia","space-research","united-states","working-together"],"id":21458,"author_id":"Ron+Garan"},{"text":"Ideally, the ISS program will just be one more incremental step on an expanding, incredible journal of exploration and understanding, taking us higher and farther.","author":"Ron Garan","tags":["astronauts","globalism","globalization","international-relations","international-space-station","iss","outer-space","space","space-exploration","space-travel","working-together"],"id":57554,"author_id":"Ron+Garan"},{"text":"After mutual respect and understanding are achieved, it is possible to establish real, sincere relationships, which is the foundation of a solid long-term collaboration.","author":"Ron Garan","tags":["collaboration","colleagues","partnership","relationships","respect","work-together","working-together"],"id":66155,"author_id":"Ron+Garan"},{"text":"A partner's different perspective is valuable, but the very fact that it is different means that it will require work, humility, time, and resources to incorporate that perspective. At times, this will require checking one's pride at the door.","author":"Ron Garan","tags":["astronaut","collaboration","different-perspectives","humility","partnership","perspectives","pride","space","space-exploration"],"id":74300,"author_id":"Ron+Garan"},{"text":"Earth is a small town with many neighborhoods in a very big universe.","author":"Ron Garan","tags":["astronaut","earth","outer-space","planet","space","space-exploration","universe"],"id":158860,"author_id":"Ron+Garan"},{"text":"This was exactly what I experienced in space: immense gratitude for the opportunity to see Earth from this vantage, and for the gift of the planet we've been given.","author":"Ron Garan","tags":["astronaut","earth","earth-from-space","planet","planet-earth","space","space-exploration","space-mission","space-station","spaceship","universe"],"id":161212,"author_id":"Ron+Garan"},{"text":"And in that moment, I was hit with the realization that this delicate layer of atmosphere is all that protects every living thing on Earth from perishing in the harshness of space.","author":"Ron Garan","tags":["astronaut","earth","earth-from-space","outer-space","planet-earth","space-exploration","space-station","spaceship"],"id":161788,"author_id":"Ron+Garan"},{"text":"People are more likely to remember the great social interaction they had with a colleague than the great meeting they both attended.","author":"Ron Garan","tags":["collaboration","colleagues","coworkers","engagement","engaging","memorable","memory","partners","relationships","team","work-together"],"id":190116,"author_id":"Ron+Garan"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":15,"pages":2,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}