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For a long time, society put obstacles in the way of women who wan

For a long time, society put obstacles in the way of women who wanted to enter the sciences. – Sally Ride

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For whatever reason, I didnt succumb to the stereotype that science wasnt for girls. I got encouragement from my parents. I never ran into a teacher or a counselor who told me that science was for boys. A lot of my friends did. – Sally Ride

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I was always very interested in science, and I knew that for me, science was a better long-term career than tennis. – Sally Ride

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To conclude that women are unfitted to the task of our historic society seems to me the equivalent of closing male eyes to female facts. – Lyndon B. Johnson

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Society exists only as a mental concept in the real world there are only individuals. – Oscar Wilde

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Statistically and emotionally, I believe that the way I can be of help to society is by doing what I know and what Ive been good at. – Tom Peters

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