“I will say one of my favorite Russian side dishes is beet salad. It is...” — Sunita Williams Quote

“I will say one of my favorite Russian side dishes is beet salad. It is dehydrated beets chopped very finely with nuts. It is a great side dish. I would like to try to make this when I get home. The nuts make it!”

“In my space journey, I felt vulnerable because we did not have anyone with medical background. When we make that big trip to Mars, we would need a doctor on board.”

“Usually, if you stop for tea, someone will feel the desire to join you.”

“Gravity on Earth provides a force that keeps our bones and muscles working. In the microgravity of space, our bones and muscles are not taxed, so they begin to atrophy.”

“When any part of the Station is moved from its designated location to do a repair, we really risk losing things.”

“I don't feel like a hero - just another person involved in the space business. I'm hoping to encourage young folks to become explorers.”

“I remember one time watching Jose Aldo fight Jonathan Brookins, and he just chopped him up.”

“I never feel more alive than when I'm on stage. On film you feel chopped up, you can be acting from the neck up, or the hand, there is a lot of close up.”

“Our son, Gunnar, was always a great salad maker. He chopped everything he could find.”

“I edit as I write and shoot. Any extra line, any pause that I know will get chopped on the editing table is done away with then and there.”

“As a writer, I'm not just competing with other prose writers, I'm competing with TV. So I think a lot about the timeline and just assume now that readers and audiences aren't necessarily looking for something literary - they're used to chopped up timelines. So my approach to it is that I'm talking to audiences whose tastes are already shaped by TV.”

“I've had, you know, my leg chopped off.”