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First we thought the PC was a calculator. Then we found out how to

First we thought the PC was a calculator. Then we found out how to turn numbers into letters with ASCII — and we thought it was a typewriter. Then we discovered graphics, and we thought it was a television. With the World Wide Web, we’ve realized it’s a brochure. – Douglas Adams

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Life…is like a grapefruit. Its orange and squishy , and has a few pips in it, and some folks have half a one for breakfast. – Douglas Adams

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A computer terminal is not some clunky old television with a typewriter in front of it. It is an interface where the mind and body can connect with the Universe and move bits of it about. – Douglas Adams

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My real talent was for losing clients. – Jay Chiat

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You can tell the ideals of a nation by its advertisements. – Norman Douglas, South Wind

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