Mae Jemison Quotes
In fourth grade, I was interested in all areas of science. I particularly loved learning about how the earth was created.
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Neither science, nor the politics in power, nor the mass media, nor business, nor the law nor even the military are in a position to define or control risks rationally.
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The books that help you most are those which make you think that most. The hardest way of learning is that of easy reading; but a great book that comes from a great thinker is a ship of thought, deep freighted with truth and beauty.
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A lot of people tell me, 'You are from North; how do you manage to get along in the South?' I don't know what to say to them. I've always felt at home here, and by learning to speak Telugu, my connection with the place has gotten that much stronger.
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Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth.
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The key is that I'm trying to keep growing and trying to keep learning and deepen my connection in every way, in my life, in my work. That's what I do when I look at a role.
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The fairest thing in nature, a flower, still has its roots in earth and manure.
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Eliza Factor's first novel, 'The Mercury Fountain,' explores what happens when a life driven by ideology confronts implacable truths of science and human nature. It also shows how leaders can inflict damage by neglecting the real needs of real people.
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The record business is dangerous to the health of bands and individuals, which is something I'm just now learning. But it's not dangerous in any of the ways people think; it's not that they try to make you compromise your art. That's not the problem.
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Tokyo in the late 1960s seemed to be like one of the futures that science fiction presents. Here was the proto- super-technology of the future, electronically, robotically, blahblahblah, intercut with traditional Japanese cultural patterns, Shinto patterns.
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No one seems to wash in Middle-earth.
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Science fiction writers missed the most salient feature of our modern era: the Internet.
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The human juggernaut is permanently eroding Earth's ancient biosphere.
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I have always argued that newspapers should not have any civic purpose beyond telling readers what is happening... A reporter who doesn't quickly tell readers what they most want to know - the score - won't last long. Better he should teach political science.
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There is a single light of science, and to brighten it anywhere is to brighten it everywhere.
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There are two kinds of people on this Earth: Those who are content and those who are not.
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We must learn to set our emotions aside and embrace what science tells us. GMOs and nuclear power are two of the most effective and most important green technologies we have. If - after looking at the data - you aren't in favour of using them responsibly, you aren't an environmentalist.
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When it comes down to it, the reason that science fiction endures is that it is, at its core, an optimistic genre. What it says at the end of the day is that there is a tomorrow, we do go on, we don't extinguish ourselves and leave the planet to the cockroaches.
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Once you learn to quit, it becomes a habit.
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You can do anything you want to do, if you know what to do.
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My weight and my pant size are the absolute last thing I'm concerned about. People who talk and judge pregnant women's weight need to get a life!
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I've been loving music all my life.
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We all want our border to be secure. However, certain individuals use this argument to stop us from ever enacting immigration reform.
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In fourth grade, I was interested in all areas of science. I particularly loved learning about how the earth was created.
