"I fought linotype and montype for some..." - Quote by George Bernard Shaw
I fought linotype and montype for some time because it would not justify as well as handset could be made to do; but at last, as always happens, the machine outdid the hand, and got all the best types on it.
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“All censorships exist to prevent anyone from challenging current conceptions and existing institutions.”
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“Technology is just a tool. In terms of getting the kids working together and motivating them, the teacher is the most important.”
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“A genius may perhaps be a century ahead of his age and hence stands there as a paradox, but in the end, the race will assimilate what was once a paradox, so it is no longer paradoxical.”
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“We must continue to go forward as one people, as brothers and sisters.”