Kalpana Chawla Quotes
I don't know why I always liked aerospace engineering. I was in the 10th grade when I figured that's what I wanted to do.
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Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much.
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One always wonders about roads not taken.
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In general, I don't know when inspiration will pop up.
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Elvis was, at least the times I was around him, Elvis was a practical joker. He was always, had some little mischievous something going.
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I like Alexander McQueen's work a lot: he's always pushing boundaries, and he's rough around the edges.
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I went to jail 44 times. I've been beaten and left for dead on the side of the road fighting for freedom... Yet Rosa Parks is better known in history than Ralph David Abernathy. Why is that?
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Like, why is Batman so relevant? It's because he gets reinvented constantly. There are a lot of stories you can tell with that character.
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Can someone within that society walk into the town square and say what they want without fear of being punished for his or her views? If so, then that society is a free society. If not, it is a fear society.
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In my own life I'm frequently in predominantly white atmospheres.
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My house is basically like Halloween, 365 days a year, with my son.
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As chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee - the chief tax-writing body in Congress - I understand that true comprehensive tax reform is tremendously difficult.
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I don't know why I always liked aerospace engineering. I was in the 10th grade when I figured that's what I wanted to do.
