"My own interest developed because I thought it was a fascinating subject and something I wanted to pursue."

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"My own interest developed because I thought it was a fascinating subject and something I wanted to pursue."

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"I was very disappointed that Denzel didn't win Best Actor for The Hurricane because I thought he deserved it."

Norman Jewison, Canadian Director

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"One great use of words is to hide our thoughts."

Voltaire, French Writer

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"Oh, gentlemen, perhaps I really regard myself as an intelligent man only because throughout my entire life I've never been able to start or finish anything. Granted, granted I'm a babbler, a harmless, irksome babbler, as we all are. But what's to be done if the sole and express purpose of every intelligent man is babble--that is, a deliberate pouring from empty into void."

Fyodor Dostoevsky, Russian Novelist

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"Far more thought and care go into the composition of any prominent ad in a newspaper or magazine than go into the writing of their features and editorials."

Marshall McLuhan, Canadian Sociologist

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"Too often we... enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought."

John F. Kennedy, American President

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"No one knows exactly where thought comes from, but it can be said that thought comes from the same place as whatever it is that beats our heart... it comes from being alive."

Richard Carlson, American Author

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"The Beginning of Survival is my best album. I am very proud of it, and I am surprised at it, too. I thought some of Travelogue was a little heavy, but I don't think this is heavy."

Joni Mitchell, Canadian Musician

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"All thought is naught but a footnote to Plato."

George Santayana, American Philosopher

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"I was able to sit at Lincoln's side and see how he thought and how he acted, and how he felt about what was going on around him. I felt the pressures that were on him. You can see what people were writing to him, how they were nudging him."

David Herbert Donald, American Historian

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"No matter how brilliantly an idea is stated, we will not really be moved unless we have already half thought of it ourselves."

Mignon McLaughlin, American Journalist

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"I think the varied backgrounds in the beginning were a plus. It took a while for people to understand what they were trying to do and get started, but it did provide for a lot of new ideas."

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"This could be done in part, because the equipment was very inexpensive. Not much money was involved in tooling so that basic changes of that type could be accomplished."

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"I'm sure there will continue to be exciting new products and major changes, but it looks as if the existing technology has a great deal of room to grow and prosper."

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"I think I thought it would be important for electronics as we knew it then, but that was a much simpler business and electronics was mostly radio and television and the first computers."

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"How are we doing in the electronics field as opposed to, you know, we hear how advanced the Japanese are? Do you think we're still pretty competitive? Oh, yes."

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"Today, people tend to credit me with having the original idea and made the first circuits."

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"They're very strong in memory. Didn't do very much in microprocessors or digital signal processing."

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"The groups that have awarded them are all a little different. It's a little hard to single out any one for that, but I think the dedication of this building would have to go toward the top of the list."

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