Mae Jemison Quotes

Sometimes parents squash students' interests because they are afraid of science or math. So they don't participate. You don't have to know the answers to engage kids; you just have to let them know it's important.

Mae Jemison

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ScienceParentsYouKnowSometimes

When you take a job, you don't just accept the pats on the back. You have to accept the kicks in the pants.

Joe Torre

JobYouBackAcceptPantsTake

I remember... seeing the first plane go into the towers and thinking: 'It's a beautiful day. Somebody really must have gotten off course to have the plane go into the towers.'

Robert Mueller

BeautifulDayThinkingRememberGo

True stories are way more interesting.

Travis Fimmel

InterestingTrueWayMoreStories

I'm an incredibly lucky girl. For someone who has made some very foolish mistakes and had some tough lessons to learn very quickly, I am still incredibly lucky.

Monica Lewinsky

GirlMistakesI AmToughLearnMade

When I was a kid, I used to imagine animals running under my bed. I told my dad, and he solved the problem quickly. He cut the legs off the bed.

Lou Brock

ProblemBedAnimalsLegsKidUsed

Getting on stage is a bonus, that's my therapy, that's when I can tell stories and it all makes sense.

Jason Mraz

I CanTherapyStageTellSense

I've absolutely fought against having to be half-naked to sell a track.

Christina Grimmie

TrackAgainstSellAbsolutelyHaving

Never since we discovered there were dinosaurs did anyone get sick of them.

Colin Trevorrow

SickNeverDinosaursGetDidSince

When I was a kid, I read books that made me laugh but also made me shiver in terror. I wanted to make books that made other people feel the same way.

Bruce Coville

PeopleMeFeelLaughWayKid

I hope that I can get people to read it without having to change it. Especially now that the strip has more different kinds of characters. It's really not all lesbians any more.

Alison Bechdel

ChangeHopePeopleI CanNowMore

Just because I make something doesn't mean that it's going to be amazing, and most creative people don't like to admit when their music is just okay.

Poo Bear

MusicCreativePeopleAmazingAdmit

I was so broken when I did the first record. I was living in my parents' basement, I didn't know anyone. I was broken-hearted and writing this really dark record. I was at the bottom of a well.

Sharon Van Etten

BrokenParentsWritingDarkLiving

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