Peggy Whitson Quotes
I am not sure what the future holds for me personally, but I envision myself continuing to work on spaceflight programs.
Quotes to Explore
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There are no sacred and unsacred places; there are only sacred and desecrated places. My belief is that the world and our life in it are conditional gifts.
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I was unbelievably lucky.
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Today, our economy is about an economy of ideas.
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When you're still in the broadcast business, you're still trying to reach tens of millions. You're trying to still aim for a broader audience, and I think that's a more difficult task to spread yourself across that audience, connect with them, as opposed to a very, very small, pinpointed audience. Difficult to do.
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I went to this little performing arts school in downtown Phoenix. You had to dance or act, and everyone sang in choir. I started out playing the saxophone, but I always wanted to be in an orchestra. That was a dream as a kid, and there aren't a lot of saxophones in an orchestra.
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A dead end street is a good place to turn around.
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I don't care about the quality of the film as a whole, but I loved 'Salt.' I loved it!
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Many societal problems concern science, such as the energy crisis, genetic alterations of foods.
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Look, there ought to be politics in politics.
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To my mind, an adventure is something a person willingly undertakes.
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Don't try to be like somebody else. You'll be miserable. You need to be yourself, and don't ever get a big head.
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Talking about stepping down in five years is frankly not a topic of particular actuality now.
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I am so lazy and sometimes will go as late as 9 A.M. to shoot.
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I'm so sick of gay this, gay that. I could care less. It ain't affecting my life at all.
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Fools are more to be feared than the wicked.
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The good news about computers is that they do what you tell them to do. The bad news is that they do what you tell them to do.
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I grew up with a tribe of amazing women, but certainly my mother and my godmother really modeled women as actors.
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People often ask me, was it hard to play this person or that person? Well, no, not really. Acting is what I do. It's my job.
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I am a big advocate for having an open discussion about team norms and preferences. At The Muse, some of us like to start working at 7:30 A.M. Others focus best from 10 P.M. to 2 A.M. Create a culture where it's acceptable not to be working when someone else is working.
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I actually really love British and European cinema, but you have to go where the work is, and for me, it's in America.
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No movie can claim to be a work of philosophy. They fulfill a totally different need in people.
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The best way to secure future happiness is to be as happy as is rightfully possible to-day.
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Many things are mechanical and should remain mechanical. But mechanical thoughts, mechanical feelings—that is what has to be studied and can and should be changed. Mechanical thinking is not worth a penny. You can think about many things mechanically, but you will get nothing from it.
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I am not sure what the future holds for me personally, but I envision myself continuing to work on spaceflight programs.
