In court facing charges of obscenity, the American actress Mae West was asked by the judge if she was trying to show disrespect to the court, whereupon she answered, "No, your honor, I'm trying not to show it".
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Mae
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Mae became interested in science when she was very young.
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Dr. Mae Jemison became the first African-American woman to enter space.
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Dr. Mae Jemison speaks fluent Russian, Japanese, and Swahili, as well as English.
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