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Ideas do not always come in a flash but by diligent trial-and-error experiments that take time and thought.
We don't realize how much we create reality through language. If we say that life is hard, it will be hard.
Part of the role that I am fulfilling as Governor General is to highlight what communities can do together.
In 1978, I entered Tohoku University, into the Department of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Technology.
I believe the new machine of the Wrights to be the most promising attempt at flight that has yet been made.
Instead of being afraid of the challenge and failure, be afraid of avoiding the challenge and doing nothing
We only have one future, and it will be made of our dreams, if we have the courage to challenge convention.
In a small company, you often see a lot more of what goes on in a broader range of things. And that's good.
Man is the only animal for whom his own stupid existence is a problem which he has to try in vain to solve.
I'm ready to do any kind of work, as long as it absorbs my passion for making a just world and equal world.
Oxfam believes that any global talks to reform tax rules must include all countries, including the poorest.
There is no waste in the world that equals the waste from needless, ill-directed, and ineffective motions...
I expect to see a lot of household appliances on the Net by 2010, as well as autos and other mobile devices.
The goal of Computer Science is to build something that will last at least until we've finished building it.
Crucially, African governments must ensure they prioritize the eradication of tax evasion and tax avoidance.
Nothing will ever have the impact that 9/11 had on Boeing and on the world. It just changed things overnight.
People have no memory of phone numbers now because of the cell phone - their address book is in a cell phone.
What you call freedom is still nothing but choosing how to steer straight into the heart of what chooses you.
How did the dolphins and whales get such big brains? They obviously don't need such big brains to catch fish.
The surviving intelligent life form on Earth is not going to be carbon-based; it's going to be silicon-based.
Many people dream of success. To me, success can only be achieved through repeated failure and introspection.
There's an old maxim that says, 'Things that work persist,' which is why there's still Cobol floating around.
We have international organizations for health, trade, and football - even for coffee - but not tax. Why not?
A little bit of good can turn into a whole lot of good when fueled by the commitment of a social entrepreneur.
The goal here is to build a brand around social relevance in media (with his Participant Productions company).
I’m trying to tell people that I am happy the way I am. But why do people have to call my happiness a failure?
I don't think anyone flies into space without some form of fundamental introspection about what life is about.
There has been a substitution of ideology for fact and scientific and engineering data in this administration.
An organsation's results are determined through webs of human commitments, born in webs of human conversations.
My vision is a future for humanity where we will be completely free to pursue activities outside of our planet.
Well, I got to have a project. I'm not a blue-sky guy at all. I'd never let anybody like me loose in a company.
In a sense, artificial intelligence will be the ultimate tool because it will help us build all possible tools.
When I came to Yahoo! in 2012, I came because I really wanted to work hard. I thought it was a great challenge.
Italian politicians are stupid and expensive, that's why they should be fired, abolished, or better eliminated.
The mathematicians of this world regard themselves as 'physicists,' yet they know next to nothing about Physics.
My goal is to make the biggest difference possible in the world. I have only so many resources and so much time.
If you push through that feeling of being scared, that feeling of taking risk, really amazing things can happen.
I think most astronauts are not risk takers. We take calculated risks for something that we think is worthwhile.
Was I a criminal? No. I was a good member of society. Only my society and the one making the laws are different.
Enjoying your work is essential. If your work becomes an expression of your own ideas, you will surely enjoy it.
Tackling the extreme gap between the rich and the poor and tackling climate change is part of the same struggle.
The world is endless, the universe inexhaustible, and the human brain will never be threatened with unemployment.
I like to stay in the rhythm of things. My maternity leave will be a few weeks long, and I'll work throughout it.
What's the meaning of "giornalista professionista"? I have always thought a professional to be a good prostitute!
An automobile has about 10,000 moving parts, right? An airplane has two million, and it has to stay up in the air.
There is no reason that America can't compete in a global economy, and I love being one small proof point in that.
These days, the problem isn't how to innovate; it's how to get society to adopt the good ideas that already exist.
My views tend to be centrist. I'm not a big fan of George W., but my politics tend to be more Republican than not.
We sleep very well in space. We have a sleeping bag each, and when you get into it, you float in the sleeping bag.
Knowledge without know-how is sterile. We use the word academic in a pejorative sense to identify this limitation.