Mae Jemison Quotes
I had great mentors in my parents who always sought to understand the world around them. And they would push me to really think things through.
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Under conditions of tyranny it is far easier to act than to think.
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We are slaves to whatever we don't understand.
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We've got our football where no one wears anything and the guys are in little shorts and they beat the crap out of each other, and they can catch it and they can kick it, and it's the only place it's played in the world.
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I don't mind talking about 'what might have been,' but I am not one to doubt or regret most of my decisions.
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If I categorized home runs that I've seen, without a doubt the monumental one is Henry's... but I've seen a lot of classic, great home runs. Gibson's was probably the most theatrical home run I've ever seen.
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On my mother's side, I'm English, so that's where the freckles come from. On my father's side, I'm German, and he has the fantastic olive hues... I was given mum's skin, whereas my brothers and sisters were given my dad's skin. I do tan up quite well, but it takes me a bit longer.
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One of the last books I read was 'Game Change: Obama and the Clintons, McCain and Palin, and the Race of a Lifetime' by John Heilemann and Mark Halperin. It gives a really good behind-the-scenes look at the campaigns. I didn't ask the president how accurate it was. I wouldn't ask him that.
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I can tell you I'm not exactly sure why I teach. I think a lot of it is just it's the sense of community. A real desire to be involved both with people older than myself and people younger.
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There is one thing women can never take away from men. We die sooner.
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There are some things I wish I never knew, but I am grateful for things that I have learned, too.
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Every ten years there is a new generation of actors.
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Whatever the situation at hand, that's what I'm dealing with and trying to be true to it in that moment.
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I would ask my mother to show me how to walk - and she did show me. That's why I think it's funny when people say, 'Did so-and-so teach you how to walk?' And I always say, 'You must be talking about my mother, because it was my mother who taught me how to walk.'
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Giving people some kind of control over what they do is important. Human beings don't do their best work under conditions of control.
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I did a lot of stunts, so the harness work isn't foreign to me either.
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I was always used to being centre stage - something that had its good and bad points.
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Don't feel sorry for me. I've had a great life, great friends.
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Put variety into your mental bill of fare as well as into your physical. It will pay you rich returns.
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I would love to be an amazing singer. I take voice lessons. It's good to have as a dancer - to be able to sing and act, too, because for a Broadway show or musical, you have to be able to do everything.
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For anyone who doesn't have that connection with Mozart, I urge those people to go and find some of his music, because it can quite genuinely make you just glad to be alive.
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For a long time I have been thinking about affordable fashion - you can be disappointed when not so many people can wear your stuff.
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I liked his ability to deal with a lot of the negativity that surrounded him. Even though he was in a world that he didn't want to be in, he still saw the bigger picture.
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I think all the great studio filmmakers are dead or no longer working. I don't put myself, my friends, and other contemporary filmmakers in their category. I just see us doing some work.
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I had great mentors in my parents who always sought to understand the world around them. And they would push me to really think things through.
