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"Home computers are being called upon to perform many new functions, including the consumption of homework formerly eaten by the dog."

"We believe that within five years, 96 percent of British consumers will have access to the Internet, whether it be through a personal computer, a set-top box or a mobile phone."

"I'm too old-fashioned to use a computer. I'm too old-fashioned to use a quill."

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

"But I said wait a minute, I'm going to get a computer, I can do this as well as anybody else. So I did some studying so I knew what kind of boards to get to put a PC together. But there was a guy sitting there with Apple. I said, 'what's that?' and he goes, 'Apple with 128k, it's all built into the box,' and I bought it. That was my first computer."

"It always helps to be a good programmer. It is important to like computers and to be able to think of things people would want to do with their computers."

"Man is still the most extraordinary computer of all."

"Few companies that installed computers to reduce the employment of clerks have realized their expectations... They now need more, and more expensive clerks even though they call them 'operators' or 'programmers.'"
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"An interface is humane if it is responsive to human needs and considerate of human frailties."

"Imagine if every Thursday your shoes exploded if you tied them the usual way. This happens to us all the time with computers, and nobody thinks of complaining."
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