Mae Jemison Quotes
I stayed in the astronaut program until 1993. People ask me why I left. I thought I had a lot of things to contribute that would be difficult to do if I stayed. I thought I could have a stronger voice as an advocate for space exploration. So I ended up starting my own technology consulting company.
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The war changed everybody's attitude. We became international almost overnight.
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There is another old poet whose name I do not now remember who said, 'Truth is the daughter of Time.'
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Adding 'just kidding' doesn't make it okay to insult the Principal.
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I have my own faith which I've developed. It's non-denominational. I don't even know if it's about God.
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I don't mind what Congress does, as long as they don't do it in the streets and frighten the horses.
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I am a keen observer of my own films; I also try to discover myself through the movies I make.
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Avoid war, because that always pushes human beings backward.
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When you go all over the world for work, your dream vacation is your bedroom.
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I was poor. When you're poor you work, and when you're rich you expect somebody to hand it to you. So I think being reasonably poor is very good for people.
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It's really a misconception to identify the writer with the main character, given that the author creates all the characters in the book. In certain ways, I'm every character.
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The difficulty, the ordeal, is to start.
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Sometimes when you're drunk you can see better.
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To hear of a thousand deaths in war is terrible, and we 'know' that it is. But as it registers on our hearts, it is not more terrible than one death fully imagined.
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Sunseeker is well placed to take full advantage of opportunities in China, one of the world's fastest growing luxury yacht markets.
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So the storm passed and every one was happy.
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It's an unfortunate reality of life that toxins are constantly building up in our bodies.
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The idea of doing a production of 'Carousel' that doesn't feel like it's stuck in the 1950s really intrigues me.
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It's easy not to bribe. But it's not so easy to keep a business running at the same time.
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Ugliness is more inventive than beauty. Beauty always follows certain camps. I think it's more amusing - ugliness - than beauty.
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The coward only threatens when he is safe.
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It is easiest to "be all things to all men," but it is not honest. Self-respect must be sacrificed every hour in the day.
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Because I'm not trying to throw people any curves.
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I believe writers need to be chameleons, or like Meryl Streep, who can play all sorts of characters. A good writer should be able to cross gender lines and people of all social classes. So for me, writing from a male point of view would be a great challenge, that I would look forward to taking on.
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I stayed in the astronaut program until 1993. People ask me why I left. I thought I had a lot of things to contribute that would be difficult to do if I stayed. I thought I could have a stronger voice as an advocate for space exploration. So I ended up starting my own technology consulting company.
