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"I also should credit all the women pilots before me, including the Women Airforce Service Pilots of WWII and the Mercury 13 women who passed the difficult astronaut exams in the early 1960s".

— Eileen Collins

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"I believe failure can be caused by lack of focus on that mission, or allowing too many distractions into your life".

"A leader must be collaborative and competent, and your team won’t care if you are a man or a woman".

"Sometimes a woman needs to show her competence before the guys “accept” her and trust her".

" Set a “mission” for yourself and write it somewhere where you will see it daily".

"It’s hard for the astronauts to meet everybody because we have responsibilities in the office and families we need to see, so we try to spread out".

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