#ted

I wanted to further my education, so I went on to get a Ph.D. in electrical engineering and came back and served about ten years in the Canadian Navy as what we call a combat systems engineer. ↗

— Marc Garneau

#back #call #came #canadian #combat

I went to military college in Canada and graduated as an officer in the Navy but also as an engineer. ↗

— Marc Garneau

#also #canada #college #engineer #graduated

In 1983, NASA invited Canada to fly three payload specialists, in part because we had contributed the robotic arm that is used on the shuttle. ↗

— Marc Garneau

#because #canada #contributed #fly #had

NASA wanted to assure its ability to examine the spacecraft in orbit for signs of damage. ↗

— Marc Garneau

#assure #damage #examine #nasa #orbit

There are many experiments and a great deal of research that can be performed on the station that make a difference in our lives and we are committed to supporting this important vocation. ↗

— Marc Garneau

#deal #difference #experiments #great #great deal

Happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected. ↗

— George Washington

#duty #happiness #inseparably #moral #moral duty

Well, I'm at some kind of crossroads in my life and I don't know which way to take. It's not about money, I mean, because I'm established enough now as a writer to get a reasonable advance if I wanted to do fiction. ↗

— Helen Garner

#advance #because #crossroads #enough #established

Growing up where I did, the thought of working on a television show or in a movie... that existed on a parallel plane, you know? ↗

— Jennifer Garner

#existed #growing #growing up #i #know

I certainly never expected to be in front of a camera one day of my life. ↗

— Jennifer Garner

#certainly #day #expected #front #i

To become a classical ballerina, you have to move to New York when you're 12 or 11 and that becomes your life. I just wanted to be good in my company in Charleston and I wanted it to always be part of my life. ↗

— Jennifer Garner

#ballerina #become #becomes #charleston #classical