"I always loved science and math growing up. I was born in Iran; I grew up there and then came to the United States when I was about 16 years old. And I thought that this was my opportunity to get involved with something really cool and great."

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Source : Source: www.ncwit.org

Anousheh Ansari

#Growing Up Quotes #Math Quotes #Opportunity Quotes

“I shall die in the belief that to make France free, republican and prosperous, a little ink would have sufficed - and only one guillotine.”
“Lovers, children, heroes, none of them do we fantasize as extravagantly as we fantasize our parents.”

Source : Francine du Plessix Gray (1983). “World Without End”, Playboy Mass Market Paperbacks
“I coveted you. I had no right to want you--but I reached out and took you anyway. And now look what's become of you! Trying to seduce a vampire.”
“The incidence of memory is like light from dead stars whose influence lingers long after the events themselves.”
“A play should give you something to think about. When I see a play and understand it the first time, then I know it can't be much good.”
“Forgetting takes space./Forgotten matters displace/as much anything else as/anything else. We must/skirt unlabeled crates/as thought it made sense/and take them when we go/to other states.”
“As an actor myself, the opportunity to sing and dance and be dramatic and be funny - it's really irresistible to actors. You get to show all sides of your talent.”
“I feel very emotional and party.”

Source : Twitter post from Jun 20, 2013

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