"Leg locomotion was, for decades, thought to be an incredibly difficult problem. There has been very, very painstakingly slow progress there, and robots that essentially lumbered along at one step every 15 seconds and occasionally fell over."

-- Stuart J. Russell

#Progress Quotes #Robots Quotes #Legs Quotes

“In an effort to eliminate the possibility of any rival growing up, some monopolists would sacrifice democracy itself.”
“Most human beings will not stand in front of a stage and tell you about the bad things they did.”
“Zen is very easy! It's like touching your nose when you wash your face in the morning!”
“Things start where you don't know and end up where you know. When you know is when you ask, How did this start?”

Source : Tom Spanbauer (2007). “In the City of Shy Hunters”, p.497, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
“In particular, I argue that in both evolution and creation we have rival religious responses to a crisis of faith-rival stories of origins, rival judgments about he meaning of human life, rival sets of moral dictates, and above all what theologians call rival eschatologies-pictures of the future and of what lies ahead for humankind.”
“Listen first. Give your opponents a chance to talk. Let them finish. Do not resist, defend or debate. This only raises barriers. Try to build bridges of understanding.”
“There's only one note you ever get in broadcast and that's clarity.”
“You do not play hockey for good seasons. You play to win the Stanley Cup. It has to be the objective.”

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