Mae Jemison Quotes
I want to make sure that that future that we're creating is one that is the best it can be for people around the world, and also one that includes the full range of our talent and our skills - and, you know, gender and ethnicity, geography - to solving the world's problems.
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In my opinion, all relationships between people have some sort of violence, and it is central.
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I still can't believe it when people say I am a celebrity.
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Any constitutional amendment that simply gives Congress the option of regulating campaign finance fails to immediately achieve what the American people want, and that is a complete reversal of Citizens United and other Supreme Court decisions that have allowed corporations and the wealthy few to drown out the voices of everyday voters.
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I never smoked. I never drank and I never took drugs. The funny thing is, nothing is more boring, people like this. For me, it's OK. But most of my friends, at least they smoke and drink.
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I still remember my first Giacometti exhibition, and going back to the museum every day, whenever I could, to look again and again at these long, thin stick figures, so beautiful, so graceful. That, I think, was the moment I became really obsessed by art.
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For many years, the government of Canada has massively supported orchestras and the arts in general.
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I dislike society because conversation exhausts my brain more than silent thought - again, I cannot hold my water long enough for a prolonged conversation.
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As far as Israel, I am not worried about the relations between Israel and the United States.
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Every burn on my body has had its own different personality. And all of them needed different things.
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I love Coco de Mer.
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I've never been good at meditation, but surfing is the closest I've ever come to that inner something.
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People don't understand that all presidents, the minute they become president, get a knock at the door. And there's a man there saying, 'Let's talk about your funeral.' At the time I thought, God, that's a terrible thing. Later on, I thought it was pretty wise.
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When the peace treaty is signed, the war isn't over for the veterans, or the family. It's just starting.
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I don't know whether the universe contains any evidence of intelligent design, but I can assure you that thousands of everyday products do not.
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'Dr. Strangelove' was and is one of my favorite movies ever, and I just can't believe they actually blew up the world after that.
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Sometimes one creates a dynamic impression by saying something, and sometimes one creates as significant an impression by remaining silent.
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The defects of great men are the consolation of the dunces.
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I'm competitive. I don't like to lose.
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If you can play live and support yourself, it's one of the few ways you're going to actually get paid in this business these days.
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By no means do I want to try to leave country music. That's absolutely where I want to stay.
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I think that's one of the greatest gifts that I have: that I can get someone to open up, and all you have to do is ask a question and not feel like you need a response.
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Nothing is so wearing as the possession or abuse of liberty.
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Of course I watch 'Life with La Toya' on OWN.
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I want to make sure that that future that we're creating is one that is the best it can be for people around the world, and also one that includes the full range of our talent and our skills - and, you know, gender and ethnicity, geography - to solving the world's problems.
