Mae Jemison Quotes

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• Once I got into space, I was feeling very comfortable in the universe. I felt like I had a right to be anywhere in this…
• When God made the color purple, God was just showing off.
• Science provides an understanding of a universal experience, and arts provides a universal understanding of a personal experience.
• The thing that I have done throughout my life is to do the best job that I can and to be me.
• Never be limited by other people's limited imaginations. If you adopt their attitudes, then the possibility won't exist because you'll have already shut it out...You…
• The future never just happened. It was created.
• The difference between science and the arts is not that they are different sides of the same coin… or even different parts of the same…
• We look at science as something very elite, which only a few people can learn. That's just not true. You just have to start early…
• Never be limited by other people's limited imaginations.
• Greatness can be captured in one word: lifestyle. Life is God's gift to you, style is what you make of it.
• My parents were comfortable with me exploring areas that they were not proficient in. Some parents just aren't comfortable with that.
• You have the right to be involved. You have something important to contribute, and you have to take the risk to contribute it.
• What we find is that if you have a goal that is very, very far out, and you approach it in little steps, you start…
• When I'm asked about the relevance to Black people of what I do, I take that as an affront. It presupposes that Black people have…
• People always think of technology as something having silicon in it. But a pencil is technology. Any language is technology. Technology is a tool we…
• The arts and sciences are avatars of human creativity.
• Sciences provide an understanding of a universal experience, Arts are a universal understanding of a personal experience... they are both a part of us and…
• Never limit yourself because of others' limited imagination; never limit others because of your own limited imagination.
• Don't let anyone rob you of your imagination, your creativity, or your curiosity. It's your place in the world; it's your life. Go on and…
• Science provides an understanding of a universal experience. Arts provide a universal understanding of a personal experience.

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