"Surveying the shifts of interest among computer scientists and the ever-expanding family of those who depend on computers for their work, one cannot help being struck by the power of the computer to bind together, in a genuine community of interest, people whose motivations differ widely."

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Source : "Computers Then and Now". Journal of the ACM 15, Sect. 6, (pp. 1-7), January 1968.

Maurice Wilkes

#Motivation Quotes #People Quotes #Community Quotes

“Strange are the ways of history, where no single thing abides, but all things flow into each other, fragment to fragment clinging ...”
“When you risk nothing, you risk never truly living!”
“The live audience, just getting an instant reaction off of an audience is the best part[of the show]. Being in the studio and working on your songs and listening to them back and doing all that - it's a lot of fun, but having that instant reaction and being able to work and vibe with an audience is the best part.”

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“The best way I can mentor and lead those around me is to embody these qualities myself.”
“Don't you just want to make something that lives forever? Something that's phenomenal, something that's great, something that's undeniable? That touches the core of every person that hears it?”
“You wanna fight?" I asked. He looked up at me and, for just a second, hesitated, then said, "Yeah. I do." "Well, I'll save you the trouble. You win.”
“I notice increasing reluctance on the part of marketing executives to use judgment; they are coming to rely too much on research, and they use it as a drunkard uses a lamp post for support, rather than for illumination.”
“Boast not of what thou would'st have done, but do.”

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