Mary Callahan Erdoes Quotes
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I really love storytelling.
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Certainly by the time I was in seventh grade, I knew I had to have a long education if I wanted to become an astronomer, but I figured I'd try it, and if I didn't get far enough, I could always end up teaching in high school or math or physics.
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I was fortunate to find an extraordinary mathematics and applied mathematics program in Toronto.
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Well, I didn't really have a plan. I just wanted a hit.
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And I don't believe that women can successfully have it all. I really don't.
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Dining rooms are really all about the table and the chairs.
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I tend to be really competitive when it comes to Scattergories.
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I think I've paid my dues. I've really put in a lot of time on set.
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I just love playing in major championships.
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When I get on a roll with something, it's really hard for me to put it down unfinished.
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I've been really lucky.
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I'm so Republican, my first name starts with 'R.' I'm so right-wing - well, Randy Weber. You do the math.
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I do not think we are ever going to be able to, for a long time, get the kind of quality of school personnel that we need in our schools, especially in the areas of science and math. One of the answers to that problem is to use more educational technology.
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I still remember asking my high school guidance teacher for permission to take a second year of algebra instead of a fifth year of Latin. She looked down her nose at me and sneered, 'What lady would take mathematics instead of Latin?'
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I love to take something ordinary and make it really special.
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No party has a monopoly on wisdom. No democracy works without compromise. But when Governor Romney and his allies in Congress tell us we can somehow lower our deficit by spending trillions more on new tax breaks for the wealthy - well, you do the math. I refuse to go along with that. And as long as I'm President, I never will.
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Find your self-respect now. Don't dumb yourselves down. Think of yourself as capable and worthy of finding a guy who is going to respect you, too. It's so important, I mean, and the confidence you get from feeling smart and tackling something like mathematics, which is a challenge, right? Math is hard.
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I never did very well in math - I could never seem to persuade the teacher that I hadn't meant my answers literally.
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I was an editor for supplemental math, science, and literature programs for the primary grades and became very well versed in elementary curriculum, particularly PreK-2.
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Critics do their job, and I take their criticism seriously.
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People may remember something I did on the field for a couple of days, maybe a week.
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I tend to look at things from the supply side, looking for ways to make it less expensive to do more production. I think that's what creates a demand and keeps an economy moving.
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I was a mathematics major and really into math.
