#select

It took me a long time to get selected as an astronaut. In fact, I applied for 20 years before I was selected. ↗

— John L. Phillips

#astronaut #before #fact #get #i

Why do people believe that there are dangerous implications of the idea that the mind is a product of the brain, that the brain is organized in part by the genome, and that the genome was shaped by natural selection? ↗

— Steven Pinker

#brain #dangerous #genome #idea #implications

To have been selected to represent Team South Africa at the London 2012 Olympic Games in the individual 400m and the 4x400m relay is a real honor and I am so pleased that years of hard work, determination and sacrifice have all come together. ↗

— Oscar Pistorius

#am #been #come #determination #games

I am honored to be selected as the 2012 Miss Golden Globe. It's very exciting to be a part of an awards show like the Golden Globes so early on in my career. ↗

— Rainey Qualley

#awards #career #early #exciting #globe

Let me just be very clear that the Republican Party will select a nominee that will beat Bill Clinton. ↗

— Dan Quayle

#bill #bill clinton #clear #clinton #just

To represent your country at a home Olympics is something special and I'm over the moon to be selected for Team GB. I was pleased to get the qualifying time in Berlin earlier this year and my sole focus is getting in the right shape for London. ↗

— Paula Radcliffe

#country #earlier #focus #get #getting

I'm pretty selective. I generally edit the contact sheets and then do work prints. Because I have my own lab and printers, I can afford the luxury of going through the contact sheets for black-and-white, making up work prints, seeing them big, and honing them down. ↗

— Herb Ritts

#because #big #black-and-white #contact #down

Any man who selects a goal in life which can be fully acheived has already defined his own limitations. ↗

— Cavett Robert

#any #defined #fully #goal #his

Any person who selects a goal in life which can be fully achieved, has already defined his own limitations. ↗

— Cavett Robert

#already #any #defined #fully #goal

The role of a museum of modern art is to make a good selection and identify what we believe to be the coming movements, and that requires taste. ↗

— David Rockefeller

#believe #coming #good #identify #make