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Nest really came out of a process where I was trying to design the most connected and the most green home that I knew of. I was curious of just about everything that goes into a home and building a home.

No offense to Bushwick, where all my neighbors greeted me on the street and there is a growing arts community and a curious beauty to its industrial zone, but Bushwick is no Williamsburg, even if the real estate agents would have you believe it is.

More people are getting curious about bird flu.

My father also happened to be an intellectual, as learned, literate, informed, and curious as anyone I have known. Unobtrusively and casually, he was my wise and gentle teacher.

Now we are curious, we are the most curious of all to know, are the Americans and Brits and others going to find some weapons of mass destruction?

Obviously, I'm very curious to see how it plays out. Whenever you start something new like this, you never know what it's going to be like. You know a that whole bunch of things are going to happen that nobody thought about, and they're going to happen in a different way than anybody thought about. But you don't know what they are.

Nothing against senior citizens, but they tend to have more time on their hands and their schedules aren't as tight as people who've got to work. You might be curious about the tumors they want to tell you about, but you're probably in a hurry, too. You're there to work out, but you also want to be tactful.

Pfizer is using curious language to describe 2006, saying 'while we are pleased that 2005 exceeded previous expectations, investors should be aware that the factors driving performance may differ materially in 2006. We are not sure what to make of this choice of words.

Night court used to be the most open and accessible court in the state, and there was always some excitement down there. It brought the generally curious and the morbidly curious. Some folks would take a date down there and stay all night.

Only the curious will learn and only the resolute overcome the obstacles to learning. The quest quotient has always excited me more than the intelligence quotient.

One of the reasons for having two engines is so you can have two almost totally independent systems -- separate fuel feeds, separate ignition systems -- just as kind of a backup, ... So the chances of two of them failing simultaneously makes us very curious about the cause.

I would be curious and cautious about what that would entail.

I don't know whether I have ideas all the time. I think I'm curious about things all the time; I think I'm always curious, and I think I'm always interested in whatever passes by, and I know I tend to think about things, and I tend to talk about things, and sometimes that takes root and gives me something to chase.

I am excited and curious to see how we respond. In games 5, 6 and 7, you get a defining message on what you are going to be down the road, whether it's the next series or whatever.

I am curious to see what the others do. I was stressed. I wanted to know if it was too much like what I was doing.

I am also curious to see whether Microsoft will release its own anti-virus software with the service pack.

I am very curious to see how the conference shapes up this spring.

But the dog did nothing in the nighttime! That is the curious incident!

Bumbershoot fits the personality of this city so well because people here are curious and engaged and they come to the festival to sample,

Because one of the curious things about writing is that it doesn't matter how perfect you try and get it, that you never quite get the sentence right, or there are things that you miss and, you know, you have work repeated a couple of pages later that shouldn't have been repeated.

Imagine how curious it would be if beyond Earth's poles, clouds existed only at the latitude that crosses New Zealand, Argentina and Chile.

I find that one of the most curious things is that I have fractionalized audiences. I have people who only know me from the books.

I find a lot of very curious students out there who really have an interest and are trying to find out something to arouse their curiosity.

Given the complexities of emergency management in this country, and the increasing professionalism of the community, it seems curious to me that we wouldn't appoint someone who comes out of that tradition.

I enjoy writing to Mozart's Requiem Mass; and the Kyrie with an energy and beauty that on occasion has moved me to tears. And upon it's completion I lay upon the bed as if in a post coital perplexity. By the end of the chef-d'oeuvre I'm in curious shape. To put into words the sounds that reach into the depths of me I cannot. To put into words the sentiment, and fervor, joy, anguish, humor, and love; the ignis fatuus, I cannot, but only be amazed each and every time.

We've been very curious to figure out what they are.

When he was coming in, I was curious to see his reaction. But he came in the game, got in the huddle, called the play, no hesitation, no stuttering. It was almost strange how calm he was. That just kind of reinforced the feeling that he was just born to do this.

We are five people who enjoy each other's company and we are all grown ups, ... That is the curious thing about us. There is not like, 'Here are the little kids, the teenagers and the adults.' I am not saying we are all one generation but, basically, we are five adults in New York and we are all single.

Her work is usually seen on the West Coast and the East Coast and not in the middle. In the middle we don't recognize her. I'm curious whether she'll deal with our sensibilities or be in our faces.

I was intending to go to my neighborhood for sure if I could get there. I didn't know what the condition was, ... I was curious to know and everybody in my family was curious to know: What was the condition of our house? Was it underwater? Was it looted?

I was always curious about-not actors-but I was always enthralled by the communication industry. TV, movie, film-all that stuff.

Kids are going to be curious and matches or lighters should be kept away from them. This fire could have been more tragic than it was. Fortunately, everyone got out safely.

Joan is one of the most curious people I know. She's always eager to learn.

It appears that with his curious voice, his ways, he decided to brazen it out, to be himself with an ornamental courage and an impressive conceit,

It is a curious thing about Spam that in the Far East, it is taken very seriously, while in the United States, particularly on college campuses, it has this quirky, kitschy retro feel to it,

It is a curious fact that innumerable readers have asked me if I wrote this story. They seem never to remember the title of the story or (for sure) the author, except for the vague thought it might be me. But, of course, they never forget the story itself, especially the ending. The idea seems to drown out everything else - and I'm satisfied that it should.

I think you always go out and do books based on what you're curious about.

I was curious to see my players after their first Champions League game and they played very, very well,

I was curious at first (about the system), because I love to run up and down. I find now that I've gotten used to it that it really does suit me. I still get out in transition and run. But I really enjoy this, rough and tough, just banging around.

I was curious about this. I wanted to know more.

I was curious about making this movie because the genres are put together, ... I'm attracted to stuff I think is going to be difficult to pull off, and the stuff that I'm a little afraid of.

I was curious about experimenting with different colors - kind of like having an expanded orchestra. Suddenly, instead of just writing for strings, you can add bassoon and oboe and brass. I like these extreme differences in sounds right next to each other.

I think we're all curious how the final roster spots are going to play out, who is going to step into what roles. It makes for an exciting training camp to know jobs are available. The nucleus of our group is back. We should be able to pick up where we left off.

Just because we are curious does not mean that our curiosity should be satisfied,

People are curious and are wondering what is going on.

People are curious about what?s back here, ... People keep coming back -- if you like it, you will be back.

People are curious about getting a tremendous amount of information about their credit at no cost. So in that instance, the Web site is serving its purpose.

Our feeling is that we don't want to go ram ourselves down people's throats but we also want to be able to make ourselves really accessible. I mean, that's our whole thing with the low pricing. It's just about making it accessible to people who are curious without necessarily spoon feeding everyone, you know?

Oracle's changed the game in terms of its acquisitions. IBM's stated policy is that it will not compete with applications vendors, but I'm curious if that will change going forward.

Many dancers are content with the repertoire they're given. Others are dissatisfied but don't know why. Then there are a few like me that are curious and grab at everything. Can that curiosity thrive in the ballet world, or should it exist elsewhere? That's the eternal question.

I wonder if he dreams about me the nights he spends here in Dallas. OK, I don't wonder. I'm curious about it. Of course, I don't truly believe that I own Phil. But that won't prevent me from walking up to him and say 'Boo' to see if he jumps, just to find out for sure.

I think probably with any performer, but maybe with rock music especially, the audience wants to see the singer being real, and exploring, and not doing a rehearsed routine, so I'm just constantly looking for new things to try. I'm really curious out there, and my curiosity has led me into all kinds of bizarre situations.

I think it would be a great meeting for parents curious about what's going on to attend,

I think I was surprised as anybody when I first got the call, because I've been an agent for 20 years, ... I was certainly intrigued and curious as to why me? But I'm glad I took the opportunity to meet with Arthur Blank and have that explained, or I wouldn't be sitting here.

I'm so into music that I just stop and listen, whenever there's music on. That's the problem with being a musician for so long. I can get lost in the bassline, fascinated with the arrangement, curious about the production. I can't shut it out.

It is a curious feature of our existance that we come from a planet that is very good at promoting life but even better at extinguishing it.

The assortments weren't there when cold weather snapped back, and shoppers were curious about something other than a bikini to match their mittens.

Melville brought to the task a sound knowledge of actual whaling, much curious learning in the literature of the subject, and, above all, an imagination which worked with great power upon the facts of his own experience.

We're all pretty curious to see how we play. I'm excited just to see what our uniforms look like.

We're curious to see whether or not the rocks, in fact, are tilted to the south. So far, we have seen them largely tilted to the north. That is going to tell us about the structure and a little bit more about the evolution of the Columbia Hills. And also whether or not the variety of the rocks that we've seen so far continues to increase.

We're curious to see how many of our students choose to participate when it doesn't require them to miss school.

We have this curious anomaly where the law in this country has changed in alliance with a treaty which has not yet been accepted by those who we have entered into it with,

We haven't gotten to see a full season from Khalil Greene. I'm curious to see what kind of numbers he would throw up if he is healthy for a full season. He's got some of the quickest hands you'll see as a hitter and on defense he has some of the softest hands.

We haven't (discussed it). But it'll be curious to see what she has to say after this weekend.

When I found the skull in the woods, the first thing I did was call the police. But then I got curious about it. I picked it up, and started wondering who this person was, and why he had deer horns.

We were all curious how it was going to hold up playing fast. With the wind supposed to blow 20 mph tomorrow, it might make things a little interesting.

The truth, however ugly in itself, is always curious and beautiful to seekers after it.

It is in midwinter that I sometimes glean from my pines... a curious transfusion of courage.

The crime was horrible. Everyone in the town is curious about what happened.

I'm curious about everything--even things that don't interest me.

Thinkers aren't limited by what they know, because they can always increase what they know. Rather they're limited by what puzzles them, because there's no way to become curious about something that doesn't puzzle you.

Yet do I marvel at this curious thing:/ To make a poet black, and bid him sing!

We are more curious about the meaning of dreams than about things we see when awake.

I see a lot of marriages crash and burn around me and my wife. I've always been curious about how hard it is to love well and be loved.

I see myself as improving. I think I'm a very curious person, and I like that about myself .

I was like I was in science class: I was curious.

If you're curious, London's an amazing place.

I feel like if you read something, and it makes you so curious about a topic that you then go read something else, that's exciting.

I'm ever curious about the world.

A role can go from being a babe to anything, as long as it's something that makes me curious.

Never trash-talk yourself or others. Stay curious. Speak your truth.

It is disturbing to discover in oneself these curious revelations of the validity of the Darwinian theory. If it is true that we have sprung from the ape, there are occasions when my own spring appears not to have been very far.

Read – and be curious. And if somebody says to you: 'Things are this way. You can't change it' - don't believe a word.

This result just sort of jumped out at us. It's a very curious feature of nature.

When is he coming back? I know his bat will be there. I'm curious about how he's running. A motivation? I don't know. We've got something going already.

We saw movement up a little bit, and we were curious to see what was causing it.

Why did she love him? Curious fool - be still - is human love the growth of human will?

We were surprised to see that the area is still very devastated. It is clearly still an emergency there. But we found it curious that one of the few things that had been completely rebuilt - the railroad - is the thing they want to rip up.

Families interest me - I'm part of one; most of us come from one. And I'm curious about the choices made in life, how they affect things, and how those choices happen.

The GPS and automated technology for the farm is still in the beginning stages, but we're interested and curious about the opportunities with GPS with farm equipment.

Toddlers are curious ? they want to touch this, taste that, but they can't reach it or ask for it.

We have a curious relationship with 'funny' in the U.K. We love to laugh, but we also think that making people laugh is just a little bit second-tier, especially in a literary context.

What's curious on this is that TI does not really need the cash right now to sell off the entire business.

What I was most curious about was why Armstrong, a top U.S. Navy test pilot, flying the most advanced aircraft in the world, would want to join the astronaut corps in 1962, which included chimpanzees and monkeys.

We tested with the old test and got levels. I'm very curious how the levels with ACCESS will compare.

When I read Katana's run in 'Birds of Prey,' I was curious about her restraint. She didn't laugh, didn't loosen up, didn't seem to have a light side. I thought, well, that demure nature is what we believe of women of Old Japan, so she seemed not like a modern Japanese but from an earlier time.

You got it, doll, I was curious to see which Courtney Love was going to show up: the smeared-lipstick crazy coke whore or the violent smeared-lipstick crazy coke whore.

We did a lot of good things tonight. It was just a complete, clean ballgame for us, ... You're curious when you haven't faced a team that has a record like they do, to see how you match up to them. It makes you feel a little better about yourself.

Brian has a quick and curious mind, a respect for others, clear goals and a commitment to service. That adds up to leadership. Combine that with instinctive humility and a sense of humor and you have quite a package. ... I'd prefer to call it character.

Be like Curious George, start with a question and look under the yellow hat to find what's there.