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I can't remember a single time [my parents] ever told me not to do something I wanted to do.

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Sally Ride
Age: 61 †
Born: 1951
Born: May 26
Died: 2012
Died: July 23
Astronaut
Astrophysicist
Physicist
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LA
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Dr Sally Kristen Ride
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Ever been to Disneyland? That was definitely an E ticket!
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But when I wasn't working, I was usually at a window looking down at Earth.
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