We had to determine so much. Where you were, where the Moon would be and how fast the astronauts were going.

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"Men don’t pay attention to small things."

- Katherine Johnson

Awareness

"You are no better than anyone else, and no one is better than you."

- Katherine Johnson

Belief

"There’s nothing to it; I was just doing my job."

- Katherine Johnson

Integrity

"I found that as long as I conducted myself with professionalism and proved my worth through my work, people would eventually ignore the barriers of race and gender."

- Katherine Johnson

Integrity

"You can change people’s perceptions by breaking barriers and proving them wrong with your accomplishments."

- Katherine Johnson

Courage

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"You’ve got to get up every morning with determination if you’re going to go to bed with satisfaction."

- George Lorimer

Determination

"The most difficult thing is the decision to act; the rest is merely tenacity."

- Amelia Earhart

Determination

"When I believe in something, I’m like a dog with a bone."

- Melissa McCarthy

Determination

"Get a good idea and stay with it. Dog it, and work at it until it’s done right."

- Walt Disney

Determination

"Do what you can, with what you have, where you are."

- Theodore Roosevelt

Determination