Mae Jemison Quotes
Intuitive versus analytical? That's a foolish choice. It's foolish, just like trying to choose between being realistic or idealistic. You need both in life.
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I spend my own money, not other people's money.
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I came from the theater playing leading roles, and when I started doing film and television, I felt as if I had to start from the bottom.
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I thought we had energy out there. I thought the guys were, they played good, they were excited. We were almost dynamite out there today. Just a flicker away from being dynamite.
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It's always difficult with the superhero stuff because you're working with characters who have been written by 100 to 200 people over the past 20 years, at least, so they never sound the same or act the same. The best approach is to try to draw the best fitting line through all of the interpretations.
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I worry about people who sell out to chase fame because when they get it, it might not be so satisfying.
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One of the darkest evils of our world is surely the unteachable wildness of the Good.
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I went to an all-girls Catholic high school. The three things that they focused on were reading, writing, and arithmetic. My goodness, this is a novel idea in this modern society. I was really good at all three of these things. I was particularly good at math.
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Personally I feel, for me, it's tough to do Botox - but it's also tough not to! Sometimes, I think I need the help. Whatever anyone else chooses is fine with me - no judgment.
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More than 820 million people in the world suffer from hunger; and 790 million of them live in the Third World.
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Names, once they are in common use, quickly become mere sounds, their etymology being buried, like so many of the earth's marvels, beneath the dust of habit.
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You can never fully put your finger on the reason why you're suddenly, inexplicably compelled to explore one life as opposed to another.
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I knew I wanted considerable education so that I wouldn't have to work as hard as my parents.
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I wish I could play the World Cup; that's one of my dreams.
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When I'm not painting, I'm Oujia-boarding with my photos. I'll sort through my pictures, put them in different folders, and come back months later to one in particular and try to figure out why I took it.
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I don't look back. I look forward and plan new shows. That's really feeding the most important part of working in the theater.
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I really like rustic mediterranean cooking. And I like trying out curry takeaways.
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I've walked a lot in the mountains in Iceland. And as you come to a new valley, as you come to a new landscape, you have a certain view. If you stand still, the landscape doesn't necessarily tell you how big it is. It doesn't really tell you what you're looking at. The moment you start to move the mountain starts to move.
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As much as you may want to, you can't control what other people say or do; you can only control yourself.
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People know I love to shoot action and that I'm not afraid of emotion.
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A modest man is usually admired, if people ever hear of him.
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I went to high school in Los Angeles, and I grew up riding horses, so that was kind of my life. I always wanted to act.
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That life is long which answers life's great end.
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Intuitive versus analytical? That's a foolish choice. It's foolish, just like trying to choose between being realistic or idealistic. You need both in life.
