"The prerequisite that people have a scientific or engineering degree or a medical degree limits the number of female astronauts. Right now, still, we have about 20 per cent of people who have that prerequisite who are female. So hey, girls: Embrace the very fun career of science and technology. Look at computer science. That's what I did."

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Source : Source: www.macleans.ca

Julie Payette

#Girl Quotes #Fun Quotes #Technology Quotes

“How innocent were these Trees, that in Mist-green May, blown by a prospering breeze, Stood garlanded and gay; Who now in sundown glow Of serious colour clad confront me with their show As though resigned and sad, Trees, who unwhispering stand umber, bronze, gold; Pavilioning the land for one grown tired and old; Elm, chestnut, aspen and pine, I am merged in you, Who tell once more in tones of time, Your foliaged farewell.”

Source : Siegfried Sassoon (1956). “Sequences”
“We want our happy little clouds to float across the sky”
“It would not be possible to praises nurses too highly.”
“Life's piano can only produce melodies of brotherhood (and sisterhood) when it is recognized that the black keys are as basic, necessary and beautiful as the white keys.”
“I need to start honing in on projects that I want to devote my time to and not put my energies into the unattainable ones.”

Source : Interview with Chris Martins, www.avclub.com. April 22, 2009.
“You treat people with respect, they tend to return the favor to the company.”
“Sometimes we are less unhappy in being deceived by those we love, than in being undeceived by them.”
“I would be a fool to lose my heart to him, but I am tempted more each day.”

Source : Nicole Jordan (2008). “To Bed a Beauty: A Novel”, p.316, Ballantine Books

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