At MIT, in Professor Rodney Brooks' lab, I was involved in a project, led by Anita Flynn, to build robots using techniques similar to those used in building silicon chips. We got some silicon micro-machined motors to move a bit, but this didn't lead to an actual product.
There are some Rolling Stones songs that are just stunners.
I keep a pretty low profile. I live in Culver City with some roommates. I don't do the whole 'Hollywood' thing.
Singing is not indulged in by Rotary clubs of some countries and all clubs are given full privilege to do as they please about including it in their programs.
There are some novelists who can get away with writing about sex - Philip Roth, Ian McEwan - but they are rare.
Some voices don't blend. They just kinda rub against each other.
Runners and yogis are alike in lots of ways, and not just because some of us need yoga to unkink what running jams. Runners and yogis are also alike because of this tortoise shell idea, this 'home' we can access inside ourselves.
I think I survived by running away some. Running away to work.
The poverty found in rural areas has some characteristics that are very different from the poverty found in inner cities.
Just a decade after 'Living in Bondage,' Nollywood films, made in some 300 languages, were being watched in both urban and rural areas, distributed on both the streets and online, and finding their way into international festivals.
When you start rushing into things, that's when you get some deals that may not be the right ones.
I've definitely been in ruts, and I think having some kind of perseverance is important.
Everybody has this sack they're carrying. Some are heavier. Some are lighter. But no one doesn't have it. And if you think someone doesn't have it, they have a bigger one than you imagine.
I didn't see Saddam Hussein as being quite the danger that some other people did.
We've lived through some extraordinary moments, and the saddest moments as well. We have to learn.
I have dreams of working with some of the greatest to ever do it, including Sade, Beyonce, Janet Jackson, Babyface, Smokey Robinson, and Timbaland.
If you've ever been in a bar with a bunch of old sailors and see a guy that has an eagle tattooed across his chest, that guy has seen some stuff.
When the history of the 20th century is written, there are going to be some pretty obscure people who are entitled to sainthood. And they're not going to be well-known.
I've got some good saints out there - that's right - that pray for me constantly. You've gotta have that! You do.
I eat a lot of salad, a little meat, and some fruit. That's all. But I like sweets.
