Tag: Mae Jemison
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There is a fascination with the idea that one has ‘seen someone else do something’ before one can achieve it. Maybe that’s true in some cases, but clearly it is not a requirement. I knew what I wanted to do.
Mae Jemison
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We are all tasked to balance and optimize ourselves.
Mae Jemison
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Some of the most fun people I know are scientists.
Mae Jemison
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I’d love to go into space again if there were a mission to Mars. I’d also love to go to a completely different planetary system, out of our solar system.
Mae Jemison
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What I’m very concerned about is how do we bolster our self-awareness as humans, as biological organisms?
Mae Jemison
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I had great mentors in my parents who always sought to understand the world around them. And they would push me to really think things through.
Mae Jemison
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I think we know how to do Mars.
Mae Jemison
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We put water down into the earth to push up gas, then we say, ‘Ooh, we’re having a water crisis.’ This is foolishness, and this kind of foolishness, where we try to excuse human behavior, is dangerous.
Mae Jemison
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I want to make sure that that future that we’re creating is one that is the best it can be for people around the world, and also one that includes the full range of our talent and our skills – and, you know, gender and ethnicity, geography – to solving the world’s problems.
Mae Jemison