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"There has never been an unexpectedly short debugging period in the history of computers."
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"I started on an Apple II, which I had bought at the very end of 1978 for half of my annual income. I made $4,500 a year, and I spent half of it on the computer."

"I don't have a computer - I don't like to get into it that much 'cause it can screw with your head a little."

"In the course of my stay there, I also showed how one could analyse the experimental kinetic curves for the reaction of haemoglobin with carbon dioxide or oxygen by simulations in the computer, and so fit the rate constants."

"The word user is the word used by the computer professional when they mean idiot."

"There are no rules and regulations for perfect composition. If there were we would be able to put all the information into a computer and would come out with a masterpiece. We know that's impossible. You have to compose by the seat of your pants."

"I'm terrified of switching the computer on because there are so many poems."
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