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Were David Sarnoff alive today, there would almost surely be no place for him in the company [RCA] he had shepherded to greatness.


Charles Fontaine

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CHARLES SPURGEON Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated simple, awesomely simple, that&...
CHARLES MINGUS The possessors of wealth can scarcely be indifferent to processes which, nearly or remotely have bee...
CHARLES BABBAGE Some kinds of nails, such as those used for defending the soles of coarse shoes, called hobnails, re...
CHARLES BABBAGE The accumulation of skill and science which has been directed to diminish the difficulty of producin...
CHARLES BABBAGE