Neil deGrasse Tyson Quotes About Role Models

Quotes about: Role Models

• Typically, when you look for role models, you want someone who has your interests and came from the same background. Well, look how restricting that is. What people should do is take role models a la carte. If there's someone whose character you appreciated, you respect that trait.

  Neil deGrasse Tyson

  Character, People, Role Models

  Interview with Peter Tyson, www.pbs.org. September 28, 2004.

• When I grew up I assembled my role models à la cart. I wanted to be an astrophysicist. If I tried to find a role model who grew up in the Bronx with my skin color who was an astrophysicist, I would never have become an astrophysicist.

  Neil deGrasse Tyson

  Skin Color, Role Models, Skins

• I think on some level, role models are overrated If you require a role model who looks just like you to be something you wanna be and you can't find one, is that a reason to not be what you wanna be? No!

  Neil deGrasse Tyson

  Thinking, Role Models, Roles

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