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You can and must understand computers now.


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The good news about computers is that they do what you tell them to do. The bad news is that they do what you tell them to do.

The good news about computers is that they do what you tell them to do. The bad news is that they do what you tell them to do.



Learning to program has no more to do with designing interactive software than learning to touch type has to do with writing poetry

Learning to program has no more to do with designing interactive software than learning to touch type has to do with writing poetry



Any fool can use a computer. Many do.

Any fool can use a computer. Many do.



So, what you can do in Microsoft Word is what Bill Gates has decided. What you can do in Oracle Database is what Larry Ellison and his crew have decided.

So, what you can do in Microsoft Word is what Bill Gates has decided. What you can do in Oracle Database is what Larry Ellison and his crew have decided.



I was very intensely concerned with all kinds of new media.

I was very intensely concerned with all kinds of new media.



Let me introduce the word 'hypertext' to mean a body of written or pictorial material interconnected in such a complex way that it could not conveniently be presented or represented on paper.

Let me introduce the word 'hypertext' to mean a body of written or pictorial material interconnected in such a complex way that it could not conveniently be presented or represented on paper.



If computers are the wave of the future, displays are the surfboards.

If computers are the wave of the future, displays are the surfboards.



History is fractal. The closer you look, the more complicated, yet always repeating patterns.

History is fractal. The closer you look, the more complicated, yet always repeating patterns.



The paperless office is possible, but not by imitating paper. Note that the horseless carriage did not work by imitating horses.

The paperless office is possible, but not by imitating paper. Note that the horseless carriage did not work by imitating horses.



The technicalities matter a lot, but the unifying vision matters more.

The technicalities matter a lot, but the unifying vision matters more.





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We are born winners, but we are hypnotized by the society to succumb to mediocrity and moulded into self-victimization. It is for each one of us to regain our self-geniusness.

We are born winners, but we are hypnotized by the society to succumb to mediocrity and moulded into self-victimization. It is for each one of us to regain our self-geniusness.



The society that embraced him continued to prosper by stressing the family unit and their close-knit community. Hers prospered by forcigng independence and self-sufficiency.

The society that embraced him continued to prosper by stressing the family unit and their close-knit community. Hers prospered by forcigng independence and self-sufficiency.



I enjoy being recognized. I'll be very sad if people stop recognizing me. I'll be very sad if I'm not interviewed, because that's a very amazing process.

I enjoy being recognized. I'll be very sad if people stop recognizing me. I'll be very sad if I'm not interviewed, because that's a very amazing process.



Under our constitutional system, the executive executes the laws that Congress has passed. It should not be executing laws that Congress has rejected.

Under our constitutional system, the executive executes the laws that Congress has passed. It should not be executing laws that Congress has rejected.



I have so many different projects, I hear voices in my head - the characters talking all at once - and I have to write to make them stop.

I have so many different projects, I hear voices in my head - the characters talking all at once - and I have to write to make them stop.



Mathematical Knowledge adds a manly Vigour to the Mind, frees it from Prejudice, Credulity, and Superstition.

Mathematical Knowledge adds a manly Vigour to the Mind, frees it from Prejudice, Credulity, and Superstition.



You can not make me pick between my roles! That is like making me pick between my children!

You can not make me pick between my roles! That is like making me pick between my children!



Rappers are separated.

Rappers are separated.



Look, I didn't want to be a half-blood.

Look, I didn't want to be a half-blood.



Never opt for change simply to leave something you don't like. Change works best when you go toward something, even if it is the unknown.

Never opt for change simply to leave something you don't like. Change works best when you go toward something, even if it is the unknown.




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