Quotes by Katherine Johnson - Page 1

Everything is physics and math.
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Math
Physics
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I liked working with smart people.
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Smart
Smart People
Smart People Smart People
Liked
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Men don't pay attention to small things.
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Attention
Pay
Pay Attention
Small Things
Small
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I like to learn. That's an art and a science.
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Science
Learn
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In math, you're either right or you're wrong.
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Math
Wrong
Either
Right
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I'm always interested in learning something new.
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Something New
Interested
Learning New Always
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Like what you do, and then you will do your best.
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Best
Will
Best Do Your Best Your
Like
Best Your Will
Then
You
Do Your Best
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I felt most proud on the success of the Apollo mission.
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Apollo
Proud
Mission
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I was just excited to have challenging work to do and smart people to work with.
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Excited
Smart
Smart People
Work Smart People
Challenging
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I don't have a feeling of inferiority. Never had. I'm as good as anybody, but no better.
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Good
Inferiority
Had
Anybody
Never
Feeling
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I had a very, very interesting childhood, but, oh my, education was the primary focus in our family.
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Childhood
Focus
Interesting
Oh
Primary
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Our teachers made such a difference - all my teachers and professors were very supportive and nurturing.
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Nurturing
Professors
Supportive
Teachers
Difference
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I see a picture right now that's not parallel, so I'm going to go straighten it. Things must be in order.
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Order
Picture
Parallel
Straighten
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Girls are capable of doing everything men are capable of doing. Sometimes they have more imagination than men.
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Girl
Imagination
Capable
Sometimes
Everything
More
Doing
Than
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John Glenn's life will long be remembered for his time in space, his courage, and his service to all Americans.
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Courage
Remembered
Life Time Space
All Americans
Glenn
John
Service
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Many professors tell you that you'd be good at this or that, but they don't always help you with that career path.
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Career Path
Path
Professors
Good Always Path
Career
Good Help Always
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Everything was so new - the whole idea of going into space was new and daring. There were no textbooks, so we had to write them.
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Space
Daring
Textbooks
Whole
Had
Write
Idea
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Let me do it. You tell me when you want it and where you want it to land, and I'll do it backwards and tell you when to take off.
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Backwards
Land
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Take all the courses in your curriculum. Do the research. Ask questions. Find someone doing what you are interested in! Be curious!
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Courses
Curious
Curriculum
Research
Ask
Questions
Interested
Doing
Take
Find
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Go see 'Hidden Figures,' and take a young person! It will give a more positive outlook on what is possible if you work hard, do your best, and are prepared.
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Positive
Figures
Hard
Outlook
Prepared
Young
Best Work Do Your Best
Positive Best Work
Possible
Do Your Best
Give
Hidden
Work Hard
Young Person
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We needed to be assertive as women in those days - assertive and aggressive - and the degree to which we had to be that way depended on where you were. I had to be.
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Women
Aggressive
Assertive
Needed
Days
Degree
Depended
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I counted everything. I counted the steps to the road, the steps up to church, the number of dishes and silverware I washed... anything that could be counted, I did.
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Church
Dishes
Steps
Did
Counted
Number
Road
Washed
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I found what I was looking for at Langley. This was what a research mathematician did. I went to work every day for 33 years happy. Never did I get up and say I don't want to go to work.
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Happy
Mathematician
Research
Did
Every Day
Work Day Looking
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I was excited at something new, always liked something new, but give credit to everybody who helped. I didn't do anything alone but try to go to the root of the question and succeeded there.
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Alone
Credit
Excited
Something New
Liked
Helped
Question
Root
Succeeded
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We will always have STEM with us. Some things will drop out of the public eye and will go away, but there will always be science, engineering, and technology. And there will always, always be mathematics.
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Science
Technology
Engineering
Eye
Mathematics
Public Eye
Stem
Will
Things
Go
Science Technology Always
Always
Away
Science Technology Will
Public
Drop
Go Away
Some
Some Things
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