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"Flight by machines heavier than air is unpractical and insignificant, if not utterly impossible."

"Flight by machines heavier than air is unpractical and insignificant, if not utterly impossible."

Simon Newcomb, Canadian Mathematician

Machine, Machines

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"Machines take me by surprise with great frequency."

"Machines take me by surprise with great frequency."

Alan Turing, English Mathematician

Machine, Machines

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"I'm not one of those writers I learned about who get up in the morning, put a piece of paper in their typewriter machine and start writing. That I've never understood."

"I'm not one of those writers I learned about who get up in the morning, put a piece of paper in their typewriter machine and start writing. That I've never understood."

Wole Soyinka, Nigerian Dramatist

Machine, Writers, Writing

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"You can't expect to hit the jackpot if you don't put a few nickels in the machine."

"You can't expect to hit the jackpot if you don't put a few nickels in the machine."

Flip Wilson, American Comedian

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"Yes, I remember the barbed wire and the guard towers and the machine guns, but they became part of my normal landscape. What would be abnormal in normal times became my normality in camp."

"Yes, I remember the barbed wire and the guard towers and the machine guns, but they became part of my normal landscape. What would be abnormal in normal times became my normality in camp."

George Takei, American Actor

Machine, Normality

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"When man wanted to make a machine that would walk he created the wheel, which does not resemble a leg."

"When man wanted to make a machine that would walk he created the wheel, which does not resemble a leg."

Guillaume Apollinaire, French Novelist

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"Our bodies are machines and have to be functional, and to do that they have to be fed properly."

"Our bodies are machines and have to be functional, and to do that they have to be fed properly."

Sarah Michelle Gellar, American Actress

Machine, Machines

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"The whole publicity machine is a very weird one. It's kind of a necessary part of what we do here, but this helps me keep grounded."

"The whole publicity machine is a very weird one. It's kind of a necessary part of what we do here, but this helps me keep grounded."

Wendie Malick, American Actress

Machine, Publicity

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"Once Miramax gets involved, if they like your movie, there's a big machine that gets involved."

"Once Miramax gets involved, if they like your movie, there's a big machine that gets involved."

Tom Wilkinson, British Actor

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"The hardest thing is to go to sleep at night, when there are so many urgent things needing to be done. A huge gap exists between what we know is possible with today's machines and what we have so far been able to finish."

"The hardest thing is to go to sleep at night, when there are so many urgent things needing to be done. A huge gap exists between what we know is possible with today's machines and what we have so far been able to finish."

Donald Knuth, American Scientist

Machine, Machines, Night, Sleep, Today

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"Come to think of it, the way I play is like a drum machine- very mechanical."

"Come to think of it, the way I play is like a drum machine- very mechanical."

Ikue Mori, Japanese Musician

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"No more than these machines need the mathematician know what he does."

"No more than these machines need the mathematician know what he does."

Henri Poincare, French Mathematician

Machine, Machines

8

"Some records with drum machines on them sound phony and plastic. It all depends on how you use the tools."

"Some records with drum machines on them sound phony and plastic. It all depends on how you use the tools."

Don Henley, American Musician

Machine, Machines, Sound, Tools

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"The payoffs in showbiz seemed as random as a slot machine."

"The payoffs in showbiz seemed as random as a slot machine."

Kathie Lee Gifford, American Entertainer

7

"Somebody gave me this drum machine and somebody else asked me to program something for a project. I really liked programming and I was really interested in using the drum machine."

"Somebody gave me this drum machine and somebody else asked me to program something for a project. I really liked programming and I was really interested in using the drum machine."

Ikue Mori, Japanese Musician

Machine, Programming, Project

7

"The judicial system is the most expensive machine ever invented for finding out what happened and what to do about it."

"The judicial system is the most expensive machine ever invented for finding out what happened and what to do about it."

Irving R. Kaufman, American Judge

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"I've always worked on the machines, especially the 125 and 250 which are really difficult to set up."

"I've always worked on the machines, especially the 125 and 250 which are really difficult to set up."

Joey Dunlop, Irish Celebrity

Machine, Machines

7

"In many biological structures proteins are simply components of larger molecular machines."

"In many biological structures proteins are simply components of larger molecular machines."

Michael Behe, American Scientist

Machine, Machines

7

"The fundamental point in fabricating a chain reacting machine is of course to see to it that each fission produces a certain number of neutrons and some of these neutrons will again produce fission."

"The fundamental point in fabricating a chain reacting machine is of course to see to it that each fission produces a certain number of neutrons and some of these neutrons will again produce fission."

Enrico Fermi, American Physicist

6

"Before you can hit the jackpot, you have to put a coin in the machine."

"Before you can hit the jackpot, you have to put a coin in the machine."

Flip Wilson, American Comedian

6

"I have problems with machines which aren't gestural."

"I have problems with machines which aren't gestural."

Luc Ferrari, French Composer

Machine, Machines, Problems

6

"Normal is nothing more than a cycle on a washing machine."

"Normal is nothing more than a cycle on a washing machine."

Whoopi Goldberg, American Actress

Machine, Nothing

6

"One bug in an SMTP server can open up the whole machine for intrusion."

"One bug in an SMTP server can open up the whole machine for intrusion."

Wietse Venema, Dutch Scientist

6

"I was playing with the Aquabats, and then I quit to join a band called Suicide Machine in Detroit."

"I was playing with the Aquabats, and then I quit to join a band called Suicide Machine in Detroit."

Travis Barker, American Musician

Machine, Suicide

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"I have always hated machinery, and the only machine I ever understood was a wheelbarrow, and that but imperfectly."

"I have always hated machinery, and the only machine I ever understood was a wheelbarrow, and that but imperfectly."

E. T. Bell, Scottish Mathematician

5

"It's great to just disappear, grab a suitcase, switch the answering machine on and just go somewhere else."

"It's great to just disappear, grab a suitcase, switch the answering machine on and just go somewhere else."

Dido Armstrong, British Musician

5

"Among all the machines, motorcar is my favorite machine."

"Among all the machines, motorcar is my favorite machine."

Amit Kalantri, Indian Author

Machine, Favorite, Invention, Technology

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