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...qualifications, and in 1978 he joined the space program. "The true courage of space flight," he told students, * "is not sitting aboard 6 million lbs. of fire and thunder as one rockets away from this planet. True courage comes in enduring . . . persevering, the preparation and believing in oneself...
...skull, her thighs on either side of me." All three participants in this ritual are fully clothed. Offred knows that if a child is conceived and born healthy, not an Unbaby or a "shredder," the wife will raise it. She endures these ordeals as best she can: "One detaches oneself. One describes." And she ponders constantly the possibilities of escape...
...promote change is not by putting oneself in a position to be arrested...
...wonder why the staff does this work. People who are in what we call the helping professions are curious. I think they may feel something missing in their lives. There can be a lot of ego in this profession, a lot of vicarious fulfillment. One wants to see oneself as a good and giving person. There is nothing wrong with that, but it can't be the only goal. The ultimate goal must be a change in the system in which both the giver and the taker live. Life is made better generally. I bet if you had time...
...this dimension, hung so that their eyes are at or near eye level, the viewer feels himself to be the object of their scrutiny too. Confronted that way, one does more than take note of their mood. One tries it on, perhaps to discover the unsettled states within oneself...