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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.

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Perseverance, Follow, May, Dreams

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.

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Doing, Think, I Think, Cheating

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.

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Stopped, Figure, Learned, Sorted

Listen to the sounds of nature. Wishing you the best on your trek towards your dreams.

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Nature, Trek, Sounds, Wishing

I've always been very determined. I don't get easily discouraged.

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Always, Been, Very, Discouraged

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.

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Small, Over, Instance, Lifetimes

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.

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Feel, Very, Cut, Engines

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.

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Some, Caught, Very, Gazed

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.'

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Within, Half, Oh My God, Hour And A Half

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, Solar, Feel, Galaxy

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.

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Small, Very, Overpowering, Ribbon

The first view of the Earth is magical... 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. You get the feeling that I need to work extraordinarily hard along with other human beings to respect that.

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Small, Other, Whole, Ribbon

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.

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Flight, Marathon, Hours, Train

If you want to do something, what does it matter where you are ranked?

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Want, Where, Does, Ranked

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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Woman, Follow, Say, Wherever

It is a very overpowering realization that the Earth is so small. It affected me.

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Small, Very, Overpowering, Realization

In summers, while growing up in India, we often slept in the courtyard under the stars.

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Growing Up, Growing, Summers, Slept

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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Some, Astronauts, Very, Shook

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. It's like being in the whirlpools which are always present behind a little rock near a river. We seem to be living in these little whirlpools and forget that there is a whole river. The picture is much bigger.

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Behind, Arguing, Whole, So Many People

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.

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Over, Arguing, Which, So Many People

You must enjoy the journey because whether or not you get there, you must have fun on the way.

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Journey, Have Fun, Whether, Fun

Material interests are not the only guiding light.

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Light, Material, Guiding, Interests

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.

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Remember, Universe, Earth, Stewardship

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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Could, Had, Dad, Planes

Take good care of our fragile planet.

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Fragile, Planet, Take, Care

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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Why, Always, Figured, Engineering

I was interested in aerospace and flying, and the U.S. is really the best place in the world for flying.

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Best, World, Interested, Flying

I am from Karnal, India.

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I Am, Am, India

The journey matters as much as the goal.

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Journey, Goal, Much, Matters

It's easy for me to be motivated and inspired by seeing somebody who just goes all out to do something.

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Easy, Goes, Motivated, Inspired

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