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bending decides fifth hard headlong increase marxist nature prejudices pull pursued rush trick wants
China's headlong rush to industrialize was pursued with the most Marxist of prejudices - bending nature to man's will. That's a desperately hard trick to pull off when one fifth of humanity, having previously subsisted on 7 percent of the world's freshwater supply, decides that it wants to instantaneously increase its caloric intake. Thomas P.M. Barnett
bending bodies built feet machines move robots sand slide small smoothly stick sticks tend wheels
Machines this small tend to stick to everything they touch, the way sand sticks to your feet after a day at the beach, ... So we built these microrobots without any wheels or hinged joints, which must slide smoothly on their bearings. Instead, these robots move by bending their bodies like caterpillars. At very small scales, this machine is surprisingly fast.
bending bridge common creativity great means naughty phony rather sharing truly
Only for the phony is commercialism-the bending of creativity to common utility-a naughty word. To the truly creative, it is a bridge to the great audience, a means of sharing rather than debasing.
bending bit giving kept
We kept bending a little bit, but we never broke. And that was the key, giving a little bit but not giving it all. Glen Cook
bending best quickly
We're doing the best we can. There's a lot of bending that must be done, but it's being done as quickly and efficiently as it can be.
bending issue partial releases stopped
Typically you issue those releases when you get partial payment. We were bending over backward, issuing them even when we were not getting partial payment. We stopped doing that when they filed bankruptcy. Richard Carlson
bending brushing calves holding leg lifting position washing
When I am brushing my teeth, I'm bending my leg behind me, or I'm lifting my leg up and holding it in that position so I'm squeezing my butt in. I can do that while I'm washing or slicing vegetables, too. Or I go up and down on my toes, working my calves a little bit. Christie Brinkley
bending brothers happen limits true
For this to happen between brothers that's just bending the limits of probability. It's a true tragedy. Lloyd Roberts
bending growth sheet
That's the real growth area. There's only so much more you can do in bending sheet metal.
considered himself knew leaving prior realized red
When he got Boston's first offer, he realized that he thought of himself differently than the Red Sox did. He knew then that there was a possibility he may leave, and I don't think that he ever considered leaving prior to that. Scott Boras
considered entirely framework france general introduced
We want improvements in the text. The intervention of France introduced some new important elements, but the general framework of the counter-declaration is not considered entirely satisfactory to our side.
considered full good guys last moving poised seem seen sitting teams throats
There are a lot of good teams out there, and if we want to be considered one of them, we have to show up to play for a full 60 minutes. From what I've seen the last two games, teams are sitting back, but our team is not poised enough with the puck. We seem to be ramming it down our own throats and moving it where they have their guys positioned.
considered memorial start
We used to say that Memorial Day started the season. Now, Presidents' Day is considered the start of the season.
considered whether
I'm a novelist, and I'm a woman, and I'm considered to be a serious author whether I like it or not. Tawni O'Dell
considered few granted hundred magic people seem talk transmit vast
If you go back a few hundred years, what we take for granted today would seem like magic - being able to talk to people over long distances, to transmit images, flying, accessing vast amounts of data like an oracle. These are all things that would have been considered magic a few hundred years ago. Elon Musk
considered lucky obey pursuit truly
I've always considered myself lucky that I do not have many passions. There's only one pursuit that I have ever truly loved, and that pursuit is writing. This means, conveniently enough, that I never had to search for my destiny; I only had to obey it. Elizabeth Gilbert
considered failure
Even as far back as when I started acting at 14, I know I've never considered failure. Jennifer Lawrence
considered
I always considered technical musicianship as something you should be ashamed of - I don't know why. Laurent Brancowitz
people eating-disorder body
Eating disorders, body dysmorphia and a general dissatisfaction with one's life and body seems to ail too many young people. Carre Otis
people ends process
Most people end up owning a business by accident. Therefore, they don't usually have a thought process and a strategic plan in place. Carol Roth
people technique should
I don't feel that I have any great grasp of technique that I should pass along to people. Carol Kane
people stuff-happens critical
That's when the great stuff happens, when you're not checking yourself all the time, being critical of yourself and what other people are doing.
people source materials
They're all sources of material. What I love about what I do, the more you talk about your life, there are so many people who have similar experiences. Carol Leifer
people concerned
I'm concerned about the unknowability of other people. Carol Shields
people want bills
All I really want to be is boring. When people talk about me, I'd like them to say, Carol's basically a short Bill Bradley. Or, Carol's kind of like Al Gore in a skirt. Carol Moseley Braun
people parent trying
My parents were always philosophizing about how to bring about change. To me, people who didn't try to make the world a better place were strange.
people ordinary would-be
I don't want to be hiding from people. It would be difficult to be recognized everywhere, so that I couldn't do things ordinary people do. Carlos Beltran
thoughtful perfect levels
Your Majesty would have a perfect right to strike off his head," said Peridan. "Such an assault as he made puts him on a level with assassins." "It is very true," said Edmund. "But even a traitor may mend. I have known one that did." And he looked very thoughtful. C. S. Lewis
thoughtful men good-man
How good and thoughtful he is; the world seems full of good men--even if there are monsters in it. Bram Stoker
thoughtful long battle
Whether you like the label 'Anthropocene' or not, whether you find the prospect of what it signifies inevitable or appalling (or both), the time has come to address its implications, as these thoughtful, battle-tested authors attempt to do. The time has long since come. David Quammen
thoughts-of-death repose
Death is repose, but the thought of death disturbs all repose. Cesare Pavese
though
Through meteorology, we know essentially how hurricanes form, even though we can't say where the next storm will arise.
thoughts throughout
Well, we all have murderous thoughts throughout the day, if not the week. Daniel Day-Lewis
though
I do not envy any animal, though I envy many of their capacities. Louis MacNeice
thought-provoking house ceilings
When we hear a house has fallen do we ask if the ceiling fell with it? Chinua Achebe
thought-provoking giving headache
Writers don't give prescriptions. They give headaches!