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Science isn't just for scientists - it's not just a training for careers. -- Martin Rees
There's a danger of some of the best people saying, 'I don't want a career in science.' -- John Gurdon
I do not practice clinical medicine and hence do not treat individual patients. My career is in medical science. -- Robert Jarvik
I wanted to have a political career. I thought studying political science would be the best way to achieve it. -- Bianca Jagger
I was always very interested in science, and I knew that for me, science was a better long-term career than tennis. -- Sally Ride
I have no doubt that Brian May would have had a brilliant career in science had he completed his Ph.D. in 1971. -- Garik Israelian
I very much enjoyed my career in science. I didn't leave science because I was disillusioned, but felt I'd done my bit for it after about twenty-five years. -- John Polkinghorne
My father was career military. He was a veteran, he was a doctor of political science, he taught at West Point and Air Command Staff and lectured at the War College. -- Suzanne Collins
It is this conception of the unity of the human career which is perhaps the greatest achievement of historical study, since it gained a place analogous to that of natural science. -- James Henry Breasted
Though we do need more women to graduate with technical degrees, I always like to remind women that you don't need to have science or technology degrees to build a career in tech. -- Susan Wojcicki
In contemporary art culture, where good looks and clever strategic planning of art careers have become a feature, professional practice may be taught in art schools like a branch of public relations or political science. -- Michael Leunig
Like many students, I found the drudgery of real experiments and the slowness of progress a complete shock, and at my low points I contemplated other alternative careers including study of the philosophy or sociology of science. -- Paul Nurse
Why is computer science a good field for women? For one thing, that's where the jobs are, and for another, the pay is better than for many jobs, and finally, it's easier to combine career and family. -- Madeleine M. Kunin
The trouble is the field of science, medicine, universities, biotech companies - you name it - have been so splintered, layers, sub-divided, hacked that people can spend their entire career studying one tiny little cog of life. -- Craig Venter
I schooled in Himachal Pradesh. I had taken up science and, initially, wanted to become a doctor. There are few career options for students of science though, so I shifted to Delhi and decided to try theater instead. -- Kangna Ranaut
My research career has been devoted to understanding human decision-making and problem-solving processes. The pursuit of this goal has led me into the fields of political science, economics, cognitive psychology, computer science and philosophy of science, among others. -- Herbert A. Simon
I loved theatre and did magic, too, but I was never the best at it - there was never a teacher saying, 'You're great, you have to make this your career!' I was good at science and math. I figured I'd go into science and become a dentist. -- Nathan Fielder
I started my career as a journalist, writing about science and technology for 'Business Week' magazine. Then I decided to make a career shift. I went to graduate school in computer science, and I began developing educational technologies - in particular, technologies to engage children in creative learning experiences. -- Mitchel Resnick
A snappy label and a manifesto would have been two of the very last things on my own career want list. That label enabled mainstream science fiction to safely assimilate our dissident influence, such as it was. Cyberpunk could then be embraced and given prizes and patted on the head, and genre science fiction could continue unchanged. -- William Gibson
When I was about 9 years old, I became very interested in the human body and diseases. In general, I was just curious about the world around me. I think that any sort of curiosity as a child is a good beginning to a career in science because science, at least to me, is a continuous exploration of the unknown. -- Eva Vertes
We need all hands on deck, and that means clearing hurdles for women and girls as they navigate careers in science, technology, engineering, and math. -- Michelle Obama

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