Do your best. But like it! Like what you do; then you will do your… — Katherine Johnson · Smartyfair

Do your best. But like it! Like what you do; then you will do your best.

Katherine Johnson1918–2020 · mathematician · 1900s-2000s USAKatherine Johnson was an American mathematician whose precise calculations helped NASA send astronauts safely into space and to the Moon.3 quotes

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