Shortly afterwards, I did a third one to repair the robotic arm of the station. This arm plays a very important role in the ongoing expansion of the station as well as in the deployment of solar panels.

And, I think, as a kid, I had a strong motivation to do something of my life. And, I think that's the strongest motivation I really got. And, that came obviously from my parents and my grandparents.

So, it takes a lot of chance and luck. I mean I was lucky enough to get in the program where people with the same skills never made it to the program. So keep trying.

I think doing something of your life is something that you've got deep inside, whether it's to, whether you want to be an astronaut or a, whether you want to do science, or whether you want to be a movie star, or whatever.

The student develops an analytical as well as finely blended character. He is able to choose from a wide variety of job fields from which to embrace a career, without having to be a specialist in one particular discipline.

Polytechnique is a school whose multidisciplinary, very high scientific level curriculum is invaluable.

Especially when I first really started to work with Kenneth and Franklin, who had been in space already. And so, they were able to talk about space and tell me a few things about how things would really happen.

It's, I mean, for me, it's the same as training with my crewmembers. We share the same first part of the flight. We all go together. It's the most critical part of the flight, the ascent.

Since there always has to be a certain number of astronauts manning the station at all times, one of the main aspects of the mission was to transport a new team to the station and bring back some members of the previous team back to Earth.

We also had to bring with us some desired scientific equipment over to the station as well as assemble new machines. For that, I had to conduct two space walks.

This mission was the project of a decade's work.

Shortly afterwards, I did a third one to repair the robotic arm of the station. This arm plays a very important role in the ongoing expansion of the station as well as in the deployment of solar panels.

And everything stopped quite rapidly because I knew that nobody in Europe was able to go to space. It was the privilege of being either American or Russian.

Yes, I see the Mobile Base System really is the shoulder of the arm. The arm is right there, like a human arm. It's really funny to look at the similarities between a human arm and the Canadian robotics arm.

And, you run also video because to fly this arm, you're relying mostly on some external camera views that may be coming from the arm itself or from the station.

The last thing, and the only one that you cannot physically train for, is the psychological preparation.

So, for me, I make no difference whether I'm training with my shuttle crew or the Expedition crew. Of course, I think I want to take more care of the Expedition crew, because they're going to stay there for a long time.

So it's, I think it's quite, quite unique to fly with somebody with so much experience.

I've been as a pilot involved in the Gulf War. And then, in the No-Fly Zone.

I think that witnessing ecological problems visible from space is one of the new and essential roles of astronauts.

It's only when you're flying above it that you realize how incredible the Earth really is.

I had been here five years already, training very hard, learning about the systems, the shuttle, the station systems. But, everything really became real when I started to work with them.

Its only when youre flying above it that you realize how incredible the Earth really is.

I'm a DIY kinda guy.

I love the quality, feel and history of film. I love the pictures of the giant cameras and the way it was.

Comedy is a way to make sense of chaos. It's a way of dealing with things that are overwhelming, that threaten you; it's a way to survive and get closer to the truth.

Without hustle, talent will only carry you so far.

You and I probably wouldn't be here if our ancestors hadn't been greedy savages.

Qualifications of a pastor: the mind of a scholar, the heart of a child, and the hide of a rhinoceros

The truth doesnt hurt unless it ought to.

Smell is the voice of the soul.

I've reached the 50th year of my life, and now every question related with life also includes thinking about death. When I leave, I want to leave to my offspring a clear idea about identity.

There's going to be space travel at some point.

I'm pushing ahead on my own - you no longer need a large record company to make you a star.

I'm influenced a lot by my family. I have a big family.

When I create a character, it happens in layers. The more I write and revise, the better I understand the characters.

There are still hundreds of millions, billions of people living in abject poverty around the world. They need electricity. They need electricity they can count on, that they can afford. They need fuel to cook their food on that's not animal dung.

It's hard to speculate what tomorrow may bring.

Bigotry or prejudice in any form is more than a problem it is a deep seated evil within our society.

I write what I see; I paint what I am.

Heartbreak is good fuel for country songs. And cheating.

I've actually worked out more pregnant than when I wasn't.

Conservatives aren't anti-immigrant - conservatives are pro-legal immigration.

Art is man's challenge to time, his rebuke to chaos; the protest will survive neither the triumph of fire, nor the finality of ice " but it is better than the silence of consent.

My father told me you have two loves in your life: What you do and the people you're with.

With a strong heart and a good mind, you can do it.

I think that a classic style in writing tends to remove the reader one level from the immediacy of the experience. For any normal reader, I think a colloquial style makes him feel more as though he is within the action, instead of just reading about it.