Michael Dickinson The fruit flies we work with have the equivalent of about a 25 by 25 pixel camera. But that camera is very, very fast, about 10 times faster than the human visual system. – Michael Dickinson Camera Quotes Equivalent Quotes Fast Quotes Faster Quotes Flies Quotes Fruit Quotes Human Quotes Pixel Quotes Times Quotes Visual Quotes The robotic fly that we actually make the most use of in our laboratory is actually not a small thing, it’s a giant thing. It has about a meter wing span, and it flaps in three metric tons of mineral oil. And it is a so-called dynamically scaled fly. If you watch a fly on, say, a coffee table, you’ll see that they’re rubbing their little legs together to groom themselves; they’re actually quite clean creatures.
Francesca Hayward I would love to be a fashion designer but that’s easier said than done. – Francesca Hayward
Chris Murphy Terrorist groups are working and communicating across E.U. borders – our efforts to track those groups must do so as well. – Chris Murphy
Glenda Jackson If a woman is successful, then she’s deemed to be the exception that proves the rule. If a woman fails, well, we’re all failures. That kind of underlying approach to our gender doesn’t seem to me to have changed an iota. – Glenda Jackson
Gus Van Sant Even when you’re making a movie about life, death is a presence, and I guess it’s part of my dramatic viewpoint. I’m not sure why exactly. Maybe I’m drawn to it as a story element. – Gus Van Sant
Billy Graham God has given us two hands – one to receive with and the other to give with. We are not cisterns made for hoarding; we are channels made for sharing. – Billy Graham
Bridget Marquardt We decided to go ahead and thaw my eggs that I had retrieved at the mansion, and none of them survived the thaw. That was pretty devastating for me because all this time I though I had an amazing insurance policy, and it didn’t work out. – Bridget Marquardt
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