Mae Jemison Quotes

Kids come out of the chute liking science. They ask, 'How come? Why? What's this?' They pick up stuff to examine it. We might not call that science, but it's discovering the world around us.

Mae Jemison

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ScienceWorldWhyAskOutUp

Some of those early roles were unactable. Even Laurence Olivier couldn't have done anything with them. The dialog ran to cardboard passages such as, 'I love you. You can rely on me, darling. I'll wait.' It was all I could do to keep from adding, 'With egg on my face.'

John Gavin

LoveI Love YouMeWaitFaceYou

The city of Cork - the urban center, where all the shops and bars and everything are - is actually an island, a river island.

John Jeremiah Sullivan

RiverCityIslandEverythingUrban

Great creativity is astonishingly, absurdly, rationally, irrationally powerful.

Andy Hobsbawm

GreatCreativityPowerfulRationally

My definition of product-market fit is you are drowning in demand - your product is being used by so many customers that you cannot handle all the new people knocking at your door!

Michael Seibel

PeopleDoorYouNewNew PeopleUsed

Under the influence of fear, which always leads men to take a pessimistic view of things, they magnified their enemies' resources, and minimized their own.

Livy

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Something like 'A Single Man,' it was tiny; it was financed by one guy. We all lost money doing it.

Colin Firth

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Cesaro is a guy who does a lot of unique stuff and is a great talent. He does a lot of strong-man stuff that is just impressive to watch.

Bret Hart

GreatTalentUniqueWatchGuyStuff

I don't want this big stardom thing. I just want a good script.

Annette O'Toole

GoodWantBigJustStardomThing

Poverty is the frontier we have to be able to cross.

Ricardo Lagos

PovertyFrontierAbleCross

I'm a great believer that scientists should spend as much time as possible explaining, and you do explain in the process of teaching.

Leonard Susskind

GreatTimeProcessYouPossible

I've worked so hard to eliminate the inner geek from my life. I suddenly realize I have no patience for those people who still have their geeks showing. Now I see why being 'normal' has been so important to me.

Kenny Loggins

LifePatiencePeopleMeMy LifeWhy

I signed contracts I didn't think were a good idea but people around me said it was the way forward. It saddens me that I'll never own my first album ever, which sucks.

Julian Cope

GoodPeopleMeForwardThinkSaid

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