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title: "2 Desegregated Quotes By Theodore Melfi"
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> [The fact is this: NASA was desegregated by a white male. NASA was not desegregated by a black male. NASA was not desegregated by white women.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-melfi/the-fact-is-this-nasa-was-desegregated-by-a-white-male-nasa-was-not/)

[Theodore Melfi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodore-melfi/)

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> [Floyd Thompson, a white man, desegregated NASA. Period.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-melfi/floyd-thompson-a-white-man-desegregated-nasa-period/)

[Theodore Melfi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodore-melfi/)

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## More by Theodore Melfi

> [I think if characters change too much, it's unrealistic; their whole fabric of who they are as a person doesn't just disappear.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-melfi/i-think-if-characters-change-too-much-it-s-unrealistic-their-whole/)

[Theodore Melfi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodore-melfi/)

> [The fact is this: NASA was desegregated by a white male. NASA was not desegregated by a black male. NASA was not desegregated by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-melfi/the-fact-is-this-nasa-was-desegregated-by-a-white-male-nasa-was-not/)

[Theodore Melfi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodore-melfi/)

> [I think the commercial world is a lateral step from features. Some people see it as a step down, but I've never understood that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-melfi/i-think-the-commercial-world-is-a-lateral-step-from-features-some/)

[Theodore Melfi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodore-melfi/)

> [The journey of making 'Hidden Figures' has shown me the automatic privilege that all white men are afforded in America in 2017 and in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-melfi/the-journey-of-making-hidden-figures-has-shown-me-the-automatic/)

[Theodore Melfi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodore-melfi/)

> [I can't stand toe-to-toe with Bill Murray. It's very hard, because just looking at Bill - he's 6'3", and he just stares at you,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-melfi/i-can-t-stand-toe-to-toe-with-bill-murray-it-s-very-hard-because-just/)

[Theodore Melfi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodore-melfi/)

> [If you don't have comedy in a movie, you don't have a movie.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-melfi/if-you-don-t-have-comedy-in-a-movie-you-don-t-have-a-movie/)

[Theodore Melfi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodore-melfi/)

> [Change is incremental. Change is small.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-melfi/change-is-incremental-change-is-small/)

[Theodore Melfi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodore-melfi/)

> [You have a responsibility to make inclusion a daily thought, so we can get rid of the word 'inclusion.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-melfi/you-have-a-responsibility-to-make-inclusion-a-daily-thought-so-we-can/)

[Theodore Melfi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodore-melfi/)

> [After a tumultuous 20-year marriage, my father up and left one day, leaving my mother to raise three boys without the means to do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-melfi/after-a-tumultuous-20-year-marriage-my-father-up-and-left-one-day/)

[Theodore Melfi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodore-melfi/)

> [NASA didn't give a crap what gender you were or what race you were. If you could do the math, you were valuable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-melfi/nasa-didn-t-give-a-crap-what-gender-you-were-or-what-race-you-were-if/)

[Theodore Melfi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodore-melfi/)

> [We're all humans. Any human can tell any human's story. I don't want to have this conversation about black film or white film anymore.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-melfi/we-re-all-humans-any-human-can-tell-any-human-s-story-i-don-t-want-to/)

[Theodore Melfi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodore-melfi/)

> [Life is laughter.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-melfi/life-is-laughter/)

[Theodore Melfi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodore-melfi/)

> [To me, there are saints every day. They stand up and help others and live for others and do things for others.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-melfi/to-me-there-are-saints-every-day-they-stand-up-and-help-others-and/)

[Theodore Melfi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodore-melfi/)

> [I think math is exciting, you know.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-melfi/i-think-math-is-exciting-you-know/)

[Theodore Melfi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodore-melfi/)

> [By the time I got to 'St Vincent,' I had shot so many scenarios I was ready for anything - I've shot kangaroos, I've…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-melfi/by-the-time-i-got-to-st-vincent-i-had-shot-so-many-scenarios-i-was/)

[Theodore Melfi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodore-melfi/)

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