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Sally Ride Quotes

It takes a couple of years just to get the background and knowledge that you need before you can go into detailed training for your mission.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: astronaut
Nationality: american
Birth: May 26, 1951 - July 23, 2012

Topics

Knowledge Training Mission You Go

I know that we will be judged in history by not only how we disrupt terrorism but how we protect the civil liberties and constitutional rights of all Americans, even Americans who don't wish us well. We must do all these things exceptionally well.

History Wish Know Terrorism Protect

Paul Haggis, who's now a big movie guy, cast me as a lawyer in 'Family Law.' When that series ended, I thought that I would be going on more auditions and booking more jobs, but everything just came to a screeching halt.

Family Me Law Lawyer Thought Now

For the surf idol Duke Kahanamoku portrait, which I created for the Surfrider Foundation, I took a photo from a book cover and abstracted the photo image into a drawing. This drawing was laminated onto a surfboard and auctioned to a buyer.

John Van Hamersveld

Book Foundation Portrait Drawing

There are lots of new products and new services making adding content easier. But there's not many people on the other side helping users digest that content.

People New Content Side Products

What most people do is they make terrific films, one in three if you're very lucky, maybe one in five. So you just have to keep on, you have to get through the bad bits.

People You Bad Three Lucky Through

The big budget films have money to do things that are not necessarily essential but sure are comforting. The catering is usually much better. And you have way more of anything you could possibly need. You definitely get a trailer. My shirt and suit for 'Million Dollar Baby' were tailor made.

Money Baby Better Budget You Way

I find meeting someone that you fall in love with and are going to be with for the rest of your life a miracle.

Life Love Rest Someone You Fall

Nothing can astound an American. It has often been asserted that the word 'impossible' is not a French one. People have evidently been deceived by the dictionary. In America, all is easy, all is simple; and as for mechanical difficulties, they are overcome before they arise.

Simple People Impossible American

We soon found that the white men were growing rich very fast, and were greedy.

Men Rich White Fast Growing Greedy

My family is very religious.

Family Religious Very

The only thing that might have annoyed some mathematicians was the presumption of assuming that maybe the axiom of choice could fail, and that we should look into contrary assumptions.

Assumptions Look Choice Fail Annoyed

Growing up I felt like my nose was big. I was always like, 'I'm going to get a nose job one day'. I'm glad I didn't.

Day Job Growing Up Growing One Day

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