"I think it's the entire privilege I had to represent my country. It's not the going to space alone; it's to be part of that endeavour and to contribute a very small part to a very important step toward pushing the frontier."

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Source : Source: www.macleans.ca

Julie Payette

#Country Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Important Quotes

“With my music, I can express myself so much. A lot of the fans can sense that I'm relating to them something that's quite personal.”
“My work is about helping humanity.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“I swam my brains out.”
“It didn't matter that I wore clothes from Sears; I was still different. I looked different. My name was different. I wanted to pull away from the things that marked my parents as being different.”
“I'd been familiar with comics, and I'd collected 'em when I was a kid, but after I got into junior high school, there wasn't much I was interested in”
“We need art as much as we need good works. You need it like food. You need it for inspiration, to keep going on the days that you're low. We need each other in that way.”
“It would be a horrible mistake for black people to say, as some have said, "We don't recognize him..." If you refuse to deal with him (Bush), the resources at his disposal will be given to others.”

Source : "Some Black Pastors See New Aid Under Bush" by John Leland, www.nytimes.com. February 2, 2001.
“[In Eritrea] in key positions - president, government, police - everybody's the same [color]. It's a country run by its people. No racial class, everybody feels a part of it.”

Source : Source: www.caperi.com

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