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I grew up around electronic instruments. To me, the turntable is an electronic device. At the same time, I had access to drum machines and keyboards through my uncle; then track recorders into computers. At an early age, I was messing with computers more than most hip-hop musicians.

~Ali Shaheed Muhammad

Topics: Access Age Around Computers Device Drum Early Early Age Electronic Grew Had Hip-Hop Instruments Keyboards Machines Me Messing More Most Musicians Same Same Time Than Then Through Time Track Turntable Uncle Up

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Corporation: An ingenious device for obtaining profit without individual responsibility.

~Ambrose Bierce

Topics: Corporation Device Individual Ingenious Obtaining Profit Responsibility Without

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Building a mechanical device for its appearance is like putting lace on a bowling ball.

~Andrew Vachss

Topics: Appearance Ball Bowling Building Device Lace Like Mechanical Putting

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I like photography as a recording device. It's the best possible two-dimensional representation of 3D living things that we have.

~Andrew Zuckerman

Topics: Best Device Like Living Photography Possible Recording Representation Things

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People who work on the user interface side need to have empathy as a key characteristic. But if you are writing device drivers you don't really need to understand humans so well.

~Andy Hertzfeld

Topics: Characteristic Device Drivers Empathy Humans Interface Key Need People Really Side Understand User Well Who Work Writing You

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When I was a journalist at Wired, I convinced a doctor to implant an RFID tracking device in my arm.

~Annalee Newitz

Topics: Arm Convinced Device Doctor Journalist Tracking Wired Rfid

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The value of the television network is partly tradition, serving as a navigation device and as a brand. Research shows that people do know and understand ABC as a brand, like Disney.

~Anne Sweeney

Topics: Abc Brand Device Disney Know Like Navigation Network Partly People Research Serving Shows Television Tradition Understand Value

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Democracy is a device that ensures the people shall be governed no better than they deserve.

~Anthony Scaramucci

Topics: Better Democracy Deserve Device Governed People Shall Than

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'Referring the matter to a committee' can be a device for diluting authority, diffusing responsibility and delaying decisions.

~Antony Jay

Topics: Authority Committee Decisions Device Matter Referring Responsibility

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It may interest you to know that my breakup with Terry and this mystery did not happen concurrently in real life. That is a writer's device, which places Gabriel under even greater pressure when the mystery begins to reveal itself.

~Armistead Maupin

Topics: Begins Breakup Device Did Even Gabriel Greater Happen Interest Itself Know Life May Mystery Places Pressure Real Real Life Reveal Terry Which Writer You

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