Quote by David Mamet
I understand that computers, which I once believed to be but a her

I understand that computers, which I once believed to be but a hermaphrodite typewriter-cum-filing cabinet, offer the cyber literate increased ability to communicate. I do not think this is altogether a bad thing, however it may appear on the surface. – David Mamet

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Theres nothing in the world more silent than the telephone the morning after everybody pans your play. It wont ring from room service your mother wont be calling you. If the phone has not rung by 8 in the morning, youre dead. – David Mamet

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The product of the artist has become less important than the fact of the artist. We wish to absorb this person. We wish to devour someone who has experienced the tragic. In our society this person is much more important than anything he might create. – David Mamet

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Policemen so cherish their status as keepers of the peace and protectors of the public that they have occasionally been known to beat to death those citizens or groups who question that status. – David Mamet

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Well, the big products in electronics in the 50s were radio and television. The first big computers were just beginning to come in and represented the most logical market for us to work in. – Jack Kilby

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Originally, I was in both software and in online computing. The first innovation really was sort of at that time that were marrying the telephone and the computer so that people wouldnt have to drive to the computer center. We didnt have $1,000 computers. – Sam Wyly

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Theres my education in computers, right there this is the whole thing, everything I took out of a book. – Howard Aiken

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Kids today are smarter than we ever were. And theyve got computers, too, which is awesome. Theyre scary to me. – David Arquette

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