Mae Jemison Quotes

American - Astronaut October 17, 1956

You have to actually be weighted to something to do the moonwalk, you know.

You Know Something Actually Weighted

Science provides an understanding of a universal experience. Arts provide a universal understanding of a personal experience.

Science Experience Understanding Arts Personal Experience Provide Provides Universal Personal

I always knew I'd go to space.

Go Space Always Knew

I wanted to be a professional dancer for a period of time, and I did a lot of dancing and choreography and got paid for it.

Time Professional Got Dancing Choreography Dancer Paid Period Did Lot Wanted

I stayed in the astronaut program until 1993. People ask me why I left. I thought I had a lot of things to contribute that would be difficult to do if I stayed. I thought I could have a stronger voice as an advocate for space exploration. So I ended up starting my own technology consulting company.

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As an astronaut, you have a very defined set of tasks to do. Those tasks may require you to work 60, 70 or 80 hours a week.

Work You May Week Astronaut Defined Hours Require Tasks Set Those Very

Some of the most fun people I know are scientists.

People Know Fun Most Scientists Some

In space, you need to exercise your heart since it's not pumping blood around at the same rate.

You Heart Space Your Blood Exercise Pumping Rate Around Need Same Since

In fourth grade, I was interested in all areas of science. I particularly loved learning about how the earth was created.

Science Learning Earth Loved Area Created Fourth Grade Particularly About How Interested

I was a science fiction geek. That lets you know that they come in all sizes and styles, right?

Science You Know Right Fiction Geek Lets Science Fiction Sizes Styles Come

One Hundred Year Starship really is about the idea that is we pursue an extraordinary tomorrow; we'll build a better world today.

Today World Tomorrow Better Better World Build Extraordinary Hundred Pursue Starship About Idea Really Year

We are all tasked to balance and optimize ourselves.

Balance Ourselves Optimize

The level of confidence women are able to build in women-only groups is important.

Women Confidence Important Build Groups Women Are Able Level

There are individuals who can support you, but frequently, you have to risk putting yourself out there - and sometimes you just have to push.

You Yourself Support Sometimes Frequently Individuals Push Putting Risk Just Out Who

What I'm very concerned about is how do we bolster our self-awareness as humans, as biological organisms?

Self-Awareness About How Our Biological Bolster Concerned Humans Organisms Very

The best way to get students involved in science and want to follow either science careers or incorporate it in their lives or to achieve science literacy is to expose them to the various jobs in STEM. It's broad from biologists to electricians to nanotechnologists to building fusion engines. It's a wide range of things.

The fact we don't have a lunar base has nothing to do with the technology. It has to do with public commitment and societal support.

Technology Support Nothing Commitment Base Societal Fact Public

I think that people need an adrenalin rush. Folks need something aspirational; they need to do something that is hard. That's what ignites the imagination.

People Imagination Think Something Adrenalin Folks Rush Hard I Think Need

Timidity does not inspire bold acts.

Inspire Bold Does Acts Timidity

To survive as a species on this planet, we're going to have to see ourselves as Earthlings.

Survive See Planet Going Species To Survive Ourselves

People like space. But they sometimes have been left out. People are much more open to that if you invite them in.

You People Space Sometimes Invite Been Left Like More Much Open Out Them

I think we know how to do Mars.

Think Know How Mars I Think

I wanted to be a scientist, but I wanted to go into space. They are not mutually exclusive.

Go Space Scientist Exclusive Mutually Mutually Exclusive Wanted

When I left NASA, I was looking at how you could use space technologies for developing countries' work.

Work You Space Looking Countries Developing Developing Countries NASA Technologies Could How Left Use

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