Sally Ride Quotes
Studying whether there's life on Mars or studying how the universe began, there's something magical about pushing back the frontiers of knowledge. That's something that is almost part of being human, and I'm certain that will continue.
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You know, it's a hugely difficult thing to take any work of art or drawing and say 'make that real.'
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They're always so serious, the orchestras, you know? It's always a fun contrast of that song and the genre of music. And me.
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Poets lose half the praise they should have got, Could it be known what they discreetly blot.
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In the world of words, the imagination is one of the forces of nature.
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Both my parents are Scottish, and although I grew up in Canada after moving over, all of my family are proud to be Scots.
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If faith produce no works, I see That faith is not a living tree. Thus faith and works together grow, No separate life they never can know. They're soul and body, hand and heart, What God hath joined, let no man part.
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I used to think I had ambition... but now I'm not so sure. It may have been only discontent. They're easily confused.
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By keeping the annuities, we could build up a national industry every years as big as the Shannon Scheme.
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I think in general, lines are a bad idea. Especially if they sound like lines. Everyone's immediate reaction is to just kind of cringe a little bit.
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I will always be the way I was a couple years ago before anything happened. And that's to my parents' credit, my amazing parents who have been around me my whole life and raised me right. I'm very happy with what has happened so far.
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The reason grandparents and grandchildren get along so well is that they have a common enemy.
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You get steely nerves playing poker.
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Bleaching eyebrows makes me crazy.
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It is impossible for me to estimate how many of my early impressions of the world, correct and the opposite, came to me through newspapers. Homicide, adultery, no-hit pitching, and Balkanism were concepts that, left to my own devices, I would have encountered much later in life.
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I don't accept gifts from perfect strangers - but then, nobody's perfect.
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Mankind are governed more by their feelings than by reason.
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Football was what I was good at, and it was what I loved.
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Find something that you love to do, and find a place that you really like to do it in. I found something I loved to do. I'm a mechanical engineer by training, and I loved it. I still do. My son is a nuclear engineer at MIT, a junior, and I get the same vibe from him. Your work has to be compelling. You spend a lot of time doing it.
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I love Shakira - she is such a beautiful person. She does so many good things for the world on top of making good music. And she is an awesome mom. When you are Latina, it is all about family, and to see that she prioritizes family and her career at the same time is really nice.
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It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.
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One of the jokes on our flight is that, if we have a normal entry day going, the plan is for me... to actually take the orbiter first and fly it for maybe 10 or 15 seconds and then hand it on over to Scooter.
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Family and friends and faith are the most important things in your life and you should be building friendships.
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Our fan base is considerably wide-ranged. It's different walks of life and that's what we encourage.
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Studying whether there's life on Mars or studying how the universe began, there's something magical about pushing back the frontiers of knowledge. That's something that is almost part of being human, and I'm certain that will continue.
