We needed to be assertive as women in those days - assertive and aggressive - and the degree to which we had to be that way depended on where you were. I had to be.
Everything is physics and math.
I liked working with smart people.
I'm always interested in learning something new.
I see a picture right now that's not parallel, so I'm going to go straighten it. Things must be in order.
I found what I was looking for at Langley. This was what a research mathematician did. I went to work every day for 33 years happy. Never did I get up and say I don't want to go to work.