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> [The machines need to get faster. They need to get cheaper.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-gates/the-machines-need-to-get-faster-they-need-to-get-cheaper/)

[Bill Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-gates/)

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> [The difference between "machines" and "engines" is obviously this, that machines need more workmen and greater power to make them take effect,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-vitruvius-pollio/the-difference-between-machines-and-engines-is-obviously-this-that/)

[Marcus Vitruvius Pollio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-vitruvius-pollio/)

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> [No more than these machines need the mathematician know what he does.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henri-poincare/no-more-than-these-machines-need-the-mathematician-know-what-he-does/)

[Henri Poincare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henri-poincare/)

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> [“As rain began to fall, Aldric worried the old machines would not be able to survive the weather. "Hand me that oil…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-hightman/as-rain-began-to-fall-aldric-worried-the-old-machines-would-not-be/)

[Jason Hightman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-hightman/)

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> [Just as machines need instruction manuals for smooth operation, mankind, the most complicated machine of all, needs the Quran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dr-zakir-naik/just-as-machines-need-instruction-manuals-for-smooth-operation/)

Dr Zakir Naik

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> [Machines Need to be Productive. People Need to be Effective.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-william-benson/machines-need-to-be-productive-people-need-to-be-effective/)

James William Benson

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> [Machines need to talk easily to one another in order to better serve people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicholas-negroponte/machines-need-to-talk-easily-to-one-another-in-order-to-better-serve/)

[Nicholas Negroponte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicholas-negroponte/)

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