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Julie Payette

Profession : Politician

Birth : October 20, 1963

There was a substantial vinyl collection in my home, and my mom played piano. We, the children, were enrolled in piano lessons very early on.

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All my voice training comes from choir and small ensemble singing.

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We have always a roll to play in any community, and we have to do it - it's being part of a society.

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Part of the role that I am fulfilling as Governor General is to highlight what communities can do together.

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Will we have a colony on Mars? I think so.

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You can learn at any age, but when you are young, you are like a sponge, and when you are introduced to more different types of things before the age of seven and eight, then you get fascinated by that.

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Young kids get motivated by everything. If they see a great dancer, some of them would want to become a dancer. If they see a great soccer player, they want to become a soccer player.

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If you want more kids to become engineers in space, travellers, and pilots, then you have to expose them to those types of careers.

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The weather of the U.A.E. is phenomenal: very nice and clear.

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I am definitely a little more nervous for my colleagues when I'm working at mission control than I am myself on the shuttle.

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Maple butter spread on a tortilla is absolutely delightful.

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A lot of people, I think, would love to see the earth from above, wear a spacesuit. Certainly, when I was a kid, I wanted to wear a spacesuit.

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My favourite thing about the holiday season is to spend time with family and friends and to take time off to celebrate.

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My son, Laurier, and I love being outdoors. We like to ski and to skate, to play in the snow, and simply to walk and enjoy the winter scenery.

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Trust science, believe that innovation and discoveries are good for us, and make decisions based on data and evidence.

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We should continue all the time to look out for those who have less, to stand for those who can't, to reach out across differences, to use our land intelligently, to open our borders and welcome those who seek harbour, and never, ever cease to be curious, ask questions, and to explore and search.

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It's been a great honour and privilege to serve Canadians.

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We're all on-board the same planetary spaceship, but together, we can move mountains.

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With our brains and our smarts and our altruistic capability, we can do a lot of good.

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