Katherine Johnson Quotes
I found what I was looking for at Langley. This was what a research mathematician did. I went to work every day for 33 years happy. Never did I get up and say I don't want to go to work.
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The same liberty that protects me also protects members of the Mafia.
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It ultimately becomes an asset to be part of a theatrical family if, indeed, you're good at what you do.
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In my household, a Trapper-Keeper was too expensive - we had plain old three-ring notebooks - and I always wanted a Trapper-Keeper.
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You will never cease to be the most amazed person on earth at what God has done for you on the inside.
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I think the colleges should be free to give athletes less than a full scholarship, no scholarship and more than a scholarship. And the athletes should be free to bargain.
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You have your identity when you find out, not what you can keep your mind on, but what you can't keep your mind off.
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I've been a Dolphin for 17 years, and I'll be a Dolphin for the rest of my life. That will never change.
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Somebody tell the damn players to start playing like old school.
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What hasn't Barbie been? I don't think I can create an occupation that she has not done yet.
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The real challenge that we face in our communications with others is to condition our hearts to have Christlike feelings for all of Heavenly Father's children. When we develop this concern for the condition of others, we then will communicate with them as the Savior would.
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If you get something like 'Avatar,' it opens up a lot of big blockbuster doors.
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If you are not too long, I will wait here for you all my life.
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I like cinema. I am very fond of it. But from time to time I feel like having some time on my own.
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What makes Ireland inclined toward the drama is that it's a great country for conversation.
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You lose the speed before the stamina.
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I really don't have an ear for pitch. I can't sing at all, I can't hum melodies and I can't write riffs.
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Actually, I can write anywhere - airport lounges, in bed, on a rattling train going north.
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If there's a pregnancy rumor, people will find out it's not true when you wind up not being pregnant, like nine months from now, and if there's a house rumor, they'll find out it's not true when you are actively not ever spotted at that house.
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I did Shakespeare in college, and the nerves I got doing Shakespeare are the same nerves I get doing 'Mad Men.' I want to get the dialogue just spot-on.
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If you really don't care what an audience thinks, make a home movie and show it on your wall.
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Always remember that, nine times out of ten, you probably aren’t having a full-on nervous breakdown – you just need a cup of tea and a biscuit. You’d be amazed how easily and repeatedly you can confuse the two. Get a big biscuit tin.
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When you start to work with someone, there's a negotiation that takes place involving what's going to happen when you have a difference of opinion. Most attempts at collaboration never survive the negotiation. Merely being agreeable is not enough.
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I found what I was looking for at Langley. This was what a research mathematician did. I went to work every day for 33 years happy. Never did I get up and say I don't want to go to work.
