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I used to want the words 'She tried' on my tombstone. Now I want 'She did it.'


Katherine Dunham

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KATHERINE MANSFIELD I want to be all that I am capable of becoming.
KATHERINE MANSFIELD To love what you do and feel that it matters -- how could anything be more fun?
KATHERINE GRAHAM As perfume to the flower, so is kindness to speech.
KATHERINE FRANCKE I love the rain. I want the feeling of it on my face.
KATHERINE MANSFIELD Risk! Risk Anything! Care no more for the opinion of others, for those other voices. Do the hardest ...
KATHERINE MANSFIELD Make a customer, not a sale.
KATHERINE BARCHETTI I don't even butter my bread; I consider that cooking.
KATHERINE CEBRIAN She had become really quite expert, she thought, at listening as though she didn't listen, at sittin...
KATHERINE MANSFIELD I don't even butter my bread; I consider that cooking
KATHERINE CEBRIAN Make it a rule in life never to regret and never look back. Regret is an appalling waste of energy; ...
KATHERINE MANSFIELD The best careers advice to give to the young is 'Find out what you like doing best and get someone t...
KATHERINE WHITEHORN Some couples go over their budgets very carefully every month. Others just go over them.
KATHERINE MANSFIELD Everything in life that we really accept undergoes a change. So suffering must become Love. That is ...
KATHERINE MANSFIELD Of course, of course I'm grateful. How can I not be grateful? I have been afforded such a wonder...
KATHERINE HEIGL We talk a lot about infrastructure in cities, and it's talking about highways and it's talki...
KATHERINE BOO American culture is torn between our long romance with violence and our terror of the devastation wr...
KATHERINE DUNN I'd love to do an action film. I'd love to do a film based on a book series; I love to read ...
KATHERINE MCNAMARA Racism is what acquitted O. J. Simpson.
KATHERINE RYAN So many people say you have to remember to grab hold of your bride or groom and spend time with them...
KATHERINE KELLY John Glenn's life will long be remembered for his time in space, his courage, and his service to...
KATHERINE JOHNSON I like to learn. That's an art and a science.
KATHERINE JOHNSON Men don't pay attention to small things.
KATHERINE JOHNSON I counted everything. I counted the steps to the road, the steps up to church, the number of dishes ...
KATHERINE JOHNSON I liked working with smart people.
KATHERINE JOHNSON I see a picture right now that's not parallel, so I'm going to go straighten it. Things must...
KATHERINE JOHNSON Many professors tell you that you'd be good at this or that, but they don't always help you ...
KATHERINE JOHNSON Go see 'Hidden Figures,' and take a young person! It will give a more positive outlook on wh...
KATHERINE JOHNSON I found what I was looking for at Langley. This was what a research mathematician did. I went to wor...
KATHERINE JOHNSON Everything is physics and math.
KATHERINE JOHNSON In math, you're either right or you're wrong.
KATHERINE JOHNSON