"On the molecular scale, you find it's reasonable to have a machine that does a million steps per second, a mechanical system that works at computer speeds."

-- K. Eric Drexler

#Doe Quotes #Machines Quotes #Steps Quotes

“Photography is the recording of strangeness and beauty with beguiling precision.”
“It is an error to believe that Christ did not teach a determined body of doctrine applicable to all times and to all men, but rather that He inaugurated a religious movement adapted, or to be adapted, to different times and different places.”
“Do we really want the people who created $40 trillion of unfunded liabilities in Social Security and Medicare in charge of our health care? Faceless bureaucrats, power-lusting politicians, and people spending other people's money are a recipe for disaster.”
“As a producer you have creative control, and that's what is so exciting about it. At the end of the day, if you have made a film it's totally your responsibility, and if it works it's your responsibility and if it doesn't it's also your responsibility.”
“I approached photography the only way that I knew how to approach anything: as a job. I would get up, photograph all morning, stop and have lunch, and then, photograph all afternoon. I didn't think that I had to wait for some inspiration.”
“True hospitality is a delicate balance of warmth and form.”

Source : Sheila Ostrander (1968). “Etiquette for today”
“No battle plan survives first contact with the enemy. Not when the enemy is me.”
“Eating animals is not our God-given right, but being kind to them is.”

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