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Katherine Johnson Quotes

Let me do it. You tell me when you want it and where you want it to land, and I'll do it backwards and tell you when to take off.

Katherine Johnson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: mathematician
Nationality: american
Birth: August 26, 1918

Topics

Me You Want Land Backwards Tell

If you go into something saying, 'I'm the bad guy,' you do yourself a disservice as an actor. It's always about trying to find the humanity in a character.

Character Yourself Saying You Bad

I don't really listen to music. I don't. I watch television.

Music Television Listen Watch Really

Children use all their wiles to get their way with adults. Adults do the same with children.

Children Way Same Get Use

My father is my biggest literary influence. Recently, I've been looking through his letters. He was in the National Guard when I was a child, and whenever he left, he would write to me. He wrote letters to me all through college, and we still correspond. His letters, and my mother's, are one of my life's treasures.

Life Father Mother Child College Me

I'll tell you where I stand on the issues, and then I'll let the pundits decide how to label me.

Me Stand You Decide Tell Where

Any politician is to a certain degree a mentor. They preach something.

Dmitry Medvedev

Mentor Degree Preach Something Any

It takes a lot of resources to climb Everest, and a lot of other people. But you should go do it.

People Climb You Go Resources Takes

It's a very telling thing when you have children. You have to be there for them, you've got to set an example, when you're not sure what your example is, and anyway the world is changing so fast you don't know what is appropriate anymore.

Children World You Fast Know Sure

I have a robust sense of humour which helps me deal with problems.

Me Problems Humour Sense Deal Which

I just think, as a model, it's taught me to be a master of deception and illusion.

Me Think Illusion Deception Master

I believe our health care system is in drastic need of innovative, patient-centered reforms that encourage competition and increase consumer choice, not the bloated bureaucracy, tax increases, rationing, and mandates in the president's government takeover.

Health Government Competition Believe

My dad was in the military. It was difficult sometimes, because he would have to be away a lot, and we would have to move around a lot. Trying to adapt to new schools and new places can be really tough.

Tough Trying New Adapt Sometimes

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