Quotes by Kalpana Chawla - Page 1

You are just your intelligence.
Kalpana Chawla / Astronaut
Just
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Take good care of our fragile planet.
Kalpana Chawla / Astronaut
Fragile
Planet
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The journey matters as much as the goal.
Kalpana Chawla / Astronaut
Journey
Goal
Much
Matters
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The quickest way may not necessarily be the best.
Kalpana Chawla / Astronaut
Necessarily
Quickest Way
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Material interests are not the only guiding light.
Kalpana Chawla / Astronaut
Light
Guiding
Interests
Material
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I've always been very determined. I don't get easily discouraged.
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Determined
Discouraged
Easily
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If you want to do something, what does it matter where you are ranked?
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Matter
Does
Ranked
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This planet below you is our campsite, and you know of no other campground.
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Earth
Knows
Planets
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Listen to the sounds of nature. Wishing you the best on your trek towards your dreams.
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Your Dreams
Towards
Sounds
Trek
Wishing
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In summers, while growing up in India, we often slept in the courtyard under the stars.
Kalpana Chawla / Astronaut
Stars
Slept
Summers
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You must enjoy the journey because whether or not you get there, you must have fun on the way.
Kalpana Chawla / Astronaut
Journey
Enjoy
Fun
Have Fun
Must
Whether
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It's easy for me to be motivated and inspired by seeing somebody who just goes all out to do something.
Kalpana Chawla / Astronaut
Inspired
Motivated
Seeing
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I was interested in aerospace and flying, and the U.S. is really the best place in the world for flying.
Kalpana Chawla / Astronaut
Aerospace
Flying
World
Interested
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I don't know why I always liked aerospace engineering. I was in the 10th grade when I figured that's what I wanted to do.
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Aerospace
Engineering
Grades
Wanted
Always Know Why
Why
Liked
Figured
Grade
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I would say if you have a dream, follow it. It doesn't really matter whether you are a woman or from India or from wherever.
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Dream
India
Matter
Woman
Say
Follow
Wherever
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It's like running a marathon race. We train all hours of the day. When you are taking a bath, you are thinking of the flight.
Kalpana Chawla / Astronaut
Running
Flight
Marathon
Bath
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I have felt that connection and stewardship for Earth for as long as I can remember. And not just for Earth, but the whole universe.
Kalpana Chawla / Astronaut
Stewardship
Universe
Connection
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When you look at the stars and the galaxy, you feel that you are not just from any particular piece of land, but from the solar system.
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Space
Galaxy
Land
Particular
Solar System
Stars
Strong Women
Feel
Just
Any
Space Stars Look
Look
Piece
Solar
System
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There are so many people who are arguing or fighting over issues which don't have much relevance. We must all realise it is not worth it.
Kalpana Chawla / Astronaut
Arguing
Fighting
Issues
Not Worth It
Relevance
Worth It
Much
Must
Over
Realise
So Many People
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The path from dreams to success does exist. May you have the vision to find it, the courage to get on to it, and the perseverance to follow it.
Kalpana Chawla / Astronaut
Courage
Success
May
Path
Perseverance
Vision
Get
Does
You
Find
Exist
Follow
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Some of the senior people, the very senior astronauts, shook my hand and said, 'K.C., you did a great job. Don't let anyone tell you different.'
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Jobs
Great Job
Hands
Senior
Astronauts
Hand
Shook
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Do something because you really want to do it. If you're doing it just for the goal and don't enjoy the path, then I think you're cheating yourself.
Kalpana Chawla / Astronaut
Cheating
Enjoy
Goal
Path
Yourself
Because
Then
Doing
Something
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We crossed the Himalayas in less than two minutes, and then you realise, 'Oh My God, within an hour and a half, we have gone around the whole planet.'
Kalpana Chawla / Astronaut
Minutes
Crossed
Hour
Hour And A Half
Oh My God
Planet
Realise
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The list of what I want to do is so long, I would need a few lifetimes to achieve them. For instance, I would like to fly small planes, maybe over the Ganges one day.
Kalpana Chawla / Astronaut
Achieve
Instance
One Day
Planes
Few
Long Day One Day
Fly
Small
Lifetimes
Maybe
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The path from dreams to success does exist. May you have the vision to find it, the courage to get on to it, and the perseverance to follow it. Wishing you a great journey.
Kalpana Chawla / Astronaut
Dream
Journey
Perseverance
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Every once in a while, we'd ask my dad if we could get a ride in one of these planes. And, he did take us to the flying club and get us a ride in the Pushpak and a glider that the flying club had.
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Flying
Planes
Club
Ride
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The coolest thing for me is the experience of floating and not feeling my weight. And hanging by a window just after sunset and watching the stars in the big black dome of the sky as the earth moves underneath.
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Moving
Stars
Sunset
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I stopped thinking about it after trying to figure out what are the lessons learned, and there are so many. After I had basically sorted that out, I figured it's time to really look at the future and not at the past.
Kalpana Chawla / Astronaut
Lessons
Basically
Stopped
Future Time Thinking
Figure
Lessons Learned
Sorted
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We gazed dreamily at the Milky Way and once in a while caught some shooting stars. Times like those gave me the opportunity to wonder and ask all those very basic questions. That sense of awe for the heavens started there.
Kalpana Chawla / Astronaut
Opportunity
Awe
Caught
Milky Way
Shooting
Stars
Wonder
Ask
Started
Once
Questions
Basic
Times
Gave
Gazed
Heavens
Sense
While
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The first view of the Earth is magical. It is a very overpowering realization that the Earth is so small. It affected me. I could not get over the notion that in such a small planet, with such a small ribbon of life, so much goes on. It is as if the whole place is sacred.
Kalpana Chawla / Astronaut
Affected
Earth
Notion
Overpowering
Realization
Sacred
Life View Me
Goes
Magical
Planet
Ribbon
View
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When you lift off, the pressure is supposed to be maximum. But actually, it was very benign. Very enjoyable. But as soon as the engines cut off and you get to zero gravity, you felt as if you were being pushed off your seat. You feel disoriented. You don't feel aligned with anything. I felt for a few good hours that I was falling.
Kalpana Chawla / Astronaut
Zero
Benign
Engines
Enjoyable
Felt
Gravity
Hours
Maximum
Pressure
Aligned
Good Your Feel
Seat
Cut
Disoriented
Falling
Good Pressure Feel
Good Feel Your
Lift
Pushed
Soon
Supposed
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