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Computer Quotes

I’ve always been passionate about what I do and want to do it well, ... My wife says she’s a widow to the computer Picture Quote #1

In games against humans, you often win because the opponent blunders a piece, and you can often survive when you do it yourself. Against the computer, you make only one mistake - the last one Picture Quote #1

The value of having a computer, to me, is that it’ll remember everything you do. It’s a databank Picture Quote #1

The number of elements that have to go into a hit would break a computer down. the right season for that play, the right historical moment, the right tonality Picture Quote #1

Life throws up enough road blocks to keep you from writing; you can’t be adding to them yourself by saying you can only write in one specific place. I’m in New York half the time and Texas half the time, and I work wherever - in my computer bag I have some foam ear plugs that I can put in Picture Quote #1

Then in my early teens, when the home computer bubble was blowing, I had one of the first, an Acorn Atom, and used to write primitive adventures on that Picture Quote #1

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I became convinced that the whole essence of the computer revolution is interactivity. That was very early in my career. At the time I did that it was heresy Picture Quote #1

There’s an old story about the person who wished his computer was as easy to use as his telephone. That wish has come true, since I no longer know how to use my telephone Picture Quote #1

Novels by British writers are among my favorites because our family has enjoyed travel in England and because they are written with an economy of words as if they were written with a pen instead of a computer. Penelope Fitzgerald is a favorite Picture Quote #1

If you are selective about the things you choose to read, look at or listen to, then you are taking effective action against negative thinking. It’s just like with a computer; if you change the input, you will change the output Picture Quote #1

If I were a 13-year-old and I wanted to create subversive art, I wouldn’t go out and buy an electric guitar. I’d get myself a personal computer Picture Quote #1

USA schools know that computer electromagnetic interference (EMI) emissions, WiFi and campus cell towers are radiation poisoning the children and the government is determined to keep on doing it Picture Quote #1

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Jobless workers, especially those out of work for months and years, don’t have the skills to multitask in a fast-paced economy where medical workers need to know electronic record-keeping, machinists need computer skills, and marketing managers can no longer delegate software duties Picture Quote #1

The computer model will be replaced by an organic model, in which the brain-mind is embodied - part of a whole, dynamic, living organism: one driven by emotional forces, not only cognitive ones Picture Quote #1

I realised I was living in my own universe with lots of assistants. I didn’t have a cell phone; I didn’t know how to use a computer. Everybody was doing everything for me. So I left and moved to New York. It was the end of an era, and I must say I found myself a bit lost. I wasn’t in the protected Mugler universe any more Picture Quote #1

The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) own computer model easily shows that President Obama’s proposed regulations would reduce global warming by around 0.02 of a degree Celsius by the year 2100. Actually, the true number is probably even smaller because that calculation assumes a future rate of warming - there hasn’t been any for 17 years now - quite a bit higher than it is likely to be Picture Quote #1

While I have never learned to use a computer, I am surrounded by family and friends who carry information to me from blogs, Facebook, Twitter, and various websites Picture Quote #1

I always had the uncomfortable feeling that if I wasn’t sitting in front of a computer typing, I was wasting my time - but I pushed myself to take a wider view of what was productive. Time spent with my family and friends was never wasted Picture Quote #1

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Every year, I looked forward to Oprah Winfrey’s Favorite Things episode. I watched with my notebook computer in my lap so I could Google the items and order them for the friends and family on my holiday gift-giving list Picture Quote #1

One of the most feared expressions in modern times is ‘The computer is down.’ Picture Quote #1

Writers displace their anxiety on to the tools of the trade. It’s better to say that you haven’t got the right pencil than to say you can’t write, or to blame your computer for losing your chapter than face up to your feeling that it’s better lost Picture Quote #1

In a world where so much happens through computer screens, making a meal by hand, touching the raw materials, feeling your way through a recipe, tasting, adjusting, engaging all the senses, can be a soothing release Picture Quote #1

I spend almost as much time figuring out what’s wrong with my computer as I do actually using it Picture Quote #1

It’s pretty much how we get anything added to the curriculum. When parents said children needed to be computer literate, the schools started responding. The same thing is true of basic financial literacy Picture Quote #1

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If I am used to looking at a paper chart and finding information that I know approximately where I’m going to look at that and now I have to go to a computer and find it a different way Picture Quote #1

When I first started writing, it was me alone with a computer in my apartment. I hated the time away from other people, and my writing sucked. Now I have a laptop; I can do the most tedious part of my job in a public place Picture Quote #1

I got my first computer at, I don’t know, when I was 11 years old? 10? Picture Quote #1

I spent most of my childhood welded to my Atari 2600, until I got my first computer, a TRS-80 Picture Quote #1

I knew, always, what I wanted to be. Even before I had my first computer, I wanted to be a computer scientist Picture Quote #1

My brother Van got the computer first and showed me what it was like to edit video. I definitely credit Van with turning me onto filmmaking Picture Quote #1

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I’ve always been passionate about what I do and want to do it well, ... My wife says she’s a widow to the computer. (Computer Quotes) In games against humans, you often win because the opponent blunders a piece, and you can often survive when you do it yourself. Against the computer, you make only one mistake - the last one. (Computer Quotes) The value of having a computer, to me, is that it’ll remember everything you do. It’s a databank. (Computer Quotes) The number of elements that have to go into a hit would break a computer down. the right season for that play, the right historical moment, the right tonality (Computer Quotes) Life throws up enough road blocks to keep you from writing; you can’t be adding to them yourself by saying you can only write in one specific place. I’m in New York half the time and Texas half the time, and I work wherever - in my computer bag I have some foam ear plugs that I can put in. (Computer Quotes) Then in my early teens, when the home computer bubble was blowing, I had one of the first, an Acorn Atom, and used to write primitive adventures on that. (Computer Quotes) I became convinced that the whole essence of the computer revolution is interactivity. That was very early in my career. At the time I did that it was heresy. (Computer Quotes) There’s an old story about the person who wished his computer was as easy to use as his telephone. That wish has come true, since I no longer know how to use my telephone (Computer Quotes) Novels by British writers are among my favorites because our family has enjoyed travel in England and because they are written with an economy of words as if they were written with a pen instead of a computer. Penelope Fitzgerald is a favorite. (Computer Quotes) If you are selective about the things you choose to read, look at or listen to, then you are taking effective action against negative thinking. It’s just like with a computer; if you change the input, you will change the output. (Computer Quotes) If I were a 13-year-old and I wanted to create subversive art, I wouldn’t go out and buy an electric guitar. I’d get myself a personal computer. (Computer Quotes) USA schools know that computer electromagnetic interference (EMI) emissions, WiFi and campus cell towers are radiation poisoning the children and the government is determined to keep on doing it. (Computer Quotes) Jobless workers, especially those out of work for months and years, don’t have the skills to multitask in a fast-paced economy where medical workers need to know electronic record-keeping, machinists need computer skills, and marketing managers can no longer delegate software duties. (Computer Quotes) The computer model will be replaced by an organic model, in which the brain-mind is embodied - part of a whole, dynamic, living organism: one driven by emotional forces, not only cognitive ones. (Computer Quotes) I realised I was living in my own universe with lots of assistants. I didn’t have a cell phone; I didn’t know how to use a computer. Everybody was doing everything for me. So I left and moved to New York. It was the end of an era, and I must say I found myself a bit lost. I wasn’t in the protected Mugler universe any more. (Computer Quotes) The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) own computer model easily shows that President Obama’s proposed regulations would reduce global warming by around 0.02 of a degree Celsius by the year 2100. Actually, the true number is probably even smaller because that calculation assumes a future rate of warming - there hasn’t been any for 17 years now - quite a bit higher than it is likely to be. (Computer Quotes) While I have never learned to use a computer, I am surrounded by family and friends who carry information to me from blogs, Facebook, Twitter, and various websites. (Computer Quotes) I always had the uncomfortable feeling that if I wasn’t sitting in front of a computer typing, I was wasting my time - but I pushed myself to take a wider view of what was productive. Time spent with my family and friends was never wasted. (Computer Quotes) Every year, I looked forward to Oprah Winfrey’s Favorite Things episode. I watched with my notebook computer in my lap so I could Google the items and order them for the friends and family on my holiday gift-giving list. (Computer Quotes) One of the most feared expressions in modern times is ‘The computer is down.’ (Computer Quotes) Writers displace their anxiety on to the tools of the trade. It’s better to say that you haven’t got the right pencil than to say you can’t write, or to blame your computer for losing your chapter than face up to your feeling that it’s better lost. (Computer Quotes) In a world where so much happens through computer screens, making a meal by hand, touching the raw materials, feeling your way through a recipe, tasting, adjusting, engaging all the senses, can be a soothing release. (Computer Quotes) I spend almost as much time figuring out what’s wrong with my computer as I do actually using it. (Computer Quotes) It’s pretty much how we get anything added to the curriculum. When parents said children needed to be computer literate, the schools started responding. The same thing is true of basic financial literacy. (Computer Quotes) If I am used to looking at a paper chart and finding information that I know approximately where I’m going to look at that and now I have to go to a computer and find it a different way. (Computer Quotes) When I first started writing, it was me alone with a computer in my apartment. I hated the time away from other people, and my writing sucked. Now I have a laptop; I can do the most tedious part of my job in a public place. (Computer Quotes) I got my first computer at, I don’t know, when I was 11 years old? 10? (Computer Quotes) I spent most of my childhood welded to my Atari 2600, until I got my first computer, a TRS-80 (Computer Quotes) I knew, always, what I wanted to be. Even before I had my first computer, I wanted to be a computer scientist. (Computer Quotes) My brother Van got the computer first and showed me what it was like to edit video. I definitely credit Van with turning me onto filmmaking. (Computer Quotes)

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