Rodney Brooks Quotes

People don't say, 'I just had a kid and I hope it turns out to be a factory worker.'

Rodney Brooks

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HopePeopleSayKidOutJust

It is always exciting to receive the scripts before we start on a new series.

Joe Cole

StartNewAlwaysExcitingBefore

Elon Musk wins you over with his elegant mastery of engineering, be it for the rocket or the car. But what blew my socks off was when our conversation veered way off topic. We started musing about whether it was possible we all lived in the matrix, and Musk still had deep knowledge.

Steve Jurvetson

CarKnowledgeDeepEngineeringYou

I don't like bonuses for public services employees who do great jobs, like prosecutors or judges.

Trey Gowdy

GreatEmployeesJudgesWhoLike

Mum told me stories about her time in the Women's Royal Navy, and about her dad, who had died before I was born - he'd been sent to Australia as a child, then joined the Australian Army in the First World War and fought at Gallipoli.

Tony Bradman

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I never could be a partisan leader - a man of one idea.

Joshua Chamberlain

LeaderManNeverIdeaPartisan

The Jewish calendar, which is lunar, is a calendar of witness. The Sanhedrin, Jewry's Congress, met in Jerusalem toward the end of every month to wait for the new moon.

Joshua Cohen

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The happiest moment in my life? When my doctor told me I was completely cured of leukemia.

Jose Carreras

LifeMomentMeDoctorMy LifeCured

Consider this: Whenever someone is bothering you, and they just won't let up, and they won't listen to anything you have to say, what do you tell them to get them to shut up and go away? 'You're right.' It works every time. But you haven't agreed to their position. You have used 'you're right' to get them to quit bothering you.

Christopher Voss

TimeSomeoneYouGoSayQuit

Society and government at all levels - the state level, the local level and, of course, the federal level - really needs to redouble its efforts if we're really going to make a difference in combating autism.

Chris Smith

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I can't tell you how Aquinas has enriched and changed my life, my thought. He has helped me to be a better evangelical, a better servant of Christ, and to better defend the faith that was delivered, once for all, to the saints.

Norman Geisler

LifeFaithMeThoughtBetterYou

I listen to Billy Joel. He is fabulous. I saw him with Elton John when they toured together, it was so great.

Marlee Matlin

GreatTogetherListenFabulousHim

At 17, I went to Stanford University to study engineering. My time was occupied with the required reading and the extracurricular duties of managing the baseball and football teams and earning my way.

Herbert Hoover

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