Mae Jemison Quotes
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When you run the marathon, you run against the distance, not against the other runners and not against the time.
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I'm a lot more introspective than one would believe.
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Life is not easy for anyone. You have to have ups and downs. You can make mistakes. You learn and try not to make them again. That's pretty much my principle.
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The Siren waits thee, singing song for song.
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I know politics and politicians are hated, but I still believe in goodness of a heart that has selfless intentions. With the grace of God, I will make a difference.
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All works of art are commissioned in the sense that no artist can create one by a simple act of will but must wait until what he believes to be a good idea for a work comes to him.
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My activism and sexual revolution in New York was a factor.
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The first 'Monsters, Inc.' represents starting at Pixar for me, I have a special place in my heart for it. So to be able to tell a story with those ideas is an honor.
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It sounds kind of stupid, but I've never not wanted to be a musician. It's been inside me since I was little so I don't know what else I would do.
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She was a great lady. We raised three boys, were together as long as she lived, and now she's passed on.
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People get very trapped where they are. When they hear 'fashion' they get intimidated, particularly at the upper end because it's so elitist.
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It is very important to know who you are. To make decisions. To show who you are.
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I've had five weddings but if I'm really honest and if I count significant de factos... I've had nine husbands... which sounds appalling but when you consider I started at 18 and I'm 65 it's not so bad.
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I didn't know anything about writing a screenplay, but somehow I ended up rewriting a screenplay.
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It's pretty far, but it doesn't seem like it.
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Women are not all single-issue voters.
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I try to work on a film that my audiences would appreciate and enjoy their time in a theatre.
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I've always thought of fat as just a descriptive word.
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When Southern people tell us they are no more responsible for the origin of slavery than we are, I acknowledge the fact. When it is said that the institution exists, and that it is very difficult to get rid of it in any satisfactory way, I can understand and appreciate the saying.
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I think confidence does come with time, and I've been really surprised by that, actually.
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...most people in the world don't really use their brains to think. And people who don't think are the ones who don't listen to others.
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Christmas renews our youth by stirring our wonder. The capacity for wonder has been called our most pregnant human faculty, for in it are born our art, our science, our religion.
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If you look at the buildings, you'll find that one part looks as if it was designed by one man, and you go around and look at another facade and it looks as if it was designed by another man, you see.
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I think we know how to do Mars.
