#wanted

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

— Sally Ride

#long #long time #obstacles #put #sciences

I didn't really decide that I wanted to be an astronaut for sure until the end of college. ↗

— Sally Ride

#college #decide #end #i #really

My parents must have done a great job. Anytime I wanted to pursue something that they weren't familiar with, that was not part of their lifestyle, they let me go ahead and do it. ↗

— Sally Ride

#anytime #done #familiar #go #great

Other people might want a Ferrari, but I wanted a butterfly house. I built it together with a blacksmith. We designed it together. ↗

— Andre Rieu

#butterfly #designed #ferrari #house #i

I wanted to make sure that this be the first scientific and technology revolution in history in which the public thoroughly discussed all the potential benefits and all the potential harms, in advance of the technology coming online and running its course. ↗

— Jeremy Rifkin

#be the first #benefits #coming #course #discussed

In my earlier paintings, I wanted the space between the picture plane and the spectator to be active. ↗

— Bridget Riley

#between #earlier #i #paintings #picture

When I was in kindergarten, I had one line in a little play. I said, I am Patrick Potato and this is my cousin, Mrs. Tomato, and I heard laughter. I wanted to be an actress from that moment on. ↗

— Doris Roberts

#am #cousin #had #heard #i

I went to visit my father to tell him that I was going to go to college and become an architect - that was my dream. I was like, yeah I graduated from school, but it's not like you showed up for that. But all he was worried about is whether or not I wanted money from him. ↗

— Jake Roberts

#architect #become #college #dream #father

With Sumthin Else Music Works, I wanted to spread the love and give newcomers a chance to make it because something that really helped me were all the people who had given me an opportunity when I was putting my career together. ↗

— Nile Rodgers

#career #chance #else #give #given

I wanted to express myself. I wanted to be creative and I didn't want to worry about someone bossing me around in the process. You have to struggle no matter where you are to get to where you're going, so I'm like, working it honey! ↗

— Michelle Rodriguez

#around #creative #express #get #going