Rodney Brooks Quotes

Every technology, every science that tells us more about ourselves, is scary at the time.

Rodney Brooks

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TechnologyScienceTimeMoreScary

I don't like to hurry. I'm not a conductor of the fast, fiery romantic type. I prefer Bruckner, with the sincerity of his musical language and the huge time spans in which his ideas develop, to Mahler, with his hysteria and self-indulgence.

Jeffrey Tate

TimeRomanticIdeasLanguageFast

I was only 21 when I bought a five-bedroom detached house in Stoke-on-Trent that was way outside of my financial status in life. I did it by borrowing money from my family and the bank, taking out a huge mortgage.

John Caudwell

LifeFamilyMoneyFinancialHouse

There is a comfortable feeling in small towns. It is salubrious.

Andie MacDowell

SmallFeelingComfortableSmall Towns

Having led many negotiations with countries outside the E.U. in the past, we would never enter the same compromises and reach the same good outcomes with states that don't shoulder the responsibilities and costs of the common market.

Angela Merkel

GoodPastReachNeverOutsideSame

Hits, flops, and everything in between - I got to do a lot of different things as an actor, had a lot of good learning experiences. So I think I've done reasonably okay for myself, and God has given me more than what I've asked for.

Anita Hassanandani Reddy

LearningGoodGodMyselfMeThink

Bottom up thinkers try to start from experience and move from experience to understanding. They don't start with certain general principles they think beforehand are likely to be true; they just hope to find out what reality is like.

John Polkinghorne

HopeExperienceStartThinkReality

I suppose I'm really interested in theatre that provides an intensity of experience on another level.

Simon McBurney

ExperienceTheatreLevelInterested

The fact of the matter is, this country is not going to deport 11 million undocumented immigrants. What are we supposed to do with them? What are we supposed to do with these kids?

Jose Antonio Vargas

ImmigrantsCountryMatterGoingKids

Because politics rests on an irreducible measure of coercion, it can never become a perfect realm of perfect love and justice.

Christopher Lasch

LoveJusticePoliticsPerfectBecome

I'm just trying to live in the moment and do the best I can for myself and for my teammates, and that's all I can really focus on.

Christian Pulisic

LiveMyselfMomentBestFocusI Can

For most people, tweeting is scary.

Chris Sacca

PeopleScaryMostTweeting

I'm at a slightly higher risk for type 2 diabetes, and my grandmother had diabetes. My hemoglobin a1c, which is one of the measures, started being a little high when I was drinking a ton of that coconut water.

Anne Wojcicki

WaterDiabetesGrandmotherRiskHigh

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