Shannon Lucid Quotes

• Basically, all my life I'd been told you can't do that because you're female. So I guess I just didn't pay any attention. I just went ahead and did what I could and then, when the stars aligned, I was ready.

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  Stars, Female, Attention

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• The only thing it would be nice to have more of would be M & M's.

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  Nice, Space, Would Be

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• You're in charge but don't touch the controls.

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  Space, Star Gazing

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• You think America is the biggest place on Earth, but it's not. [The view from Mir] put everything in perspective.

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  Art, Attitude, Thinking

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• I was really desperate. I don't know if you can remember back that far, but when I went to graduate school they didn't want females in graduate school. They were very open about it. They didn't mince their words. But then I got in and I got my degree.

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  Inspiración, Divertido, Graduación

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• It was just really, really tough getting anything when you were a female. Basically, I just took advantage of everything I could. But when people are going to flat out tell you they're not going to hire anyone that's female, there's not much you can do about it.

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  People, Female, Tough

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• I think that over the years, whether they want to admit it or not, people have to admit that the women astronauts have performed just as well as the men astronauts.

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  Hombres, Pensar, Años

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• You're in charge but don't touch the controls. Recounting what the two Russian cosmonauts tell her each time they leave the Mir space station for a spacewalk.

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  Time, Two, Space

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• If you look at the whole thing, I think the most gratifying thing is my kids, without a doubt.

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  Kids, Thinking, Doubt

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• It was just using the liquid shampoo - the Russians have one very similar to the stuff we use on the Shuttle - you just wet your hair with it and then wipe it out.

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  Hair, Eyebrows, Use

  ""Living on Mir: An Interview with Dr. Shannon Lucid". Interview with Patrick Meyer, www.encyclopedia.com. March 1998.

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• Cuando me doctoré, no había trabajo para los doctores. Y punto. Los doctores conseguían los trabajos técnicos peor pagados, si tenían suerte, en cualquier tipo de ciencia.

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  Jobs, Lucky, Phds

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