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People who go into show business are screwed up. ↗

— Craig Kilborn

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President Bush spent last night calling world leaders to support the war with Iraq and it is sad when the most powerful man on earth is yelling, 'I know you're there, pick up, pick up. ↗

— Craig Kilborn

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I think I thought it would be important for electronics as we knew it then, but that was a much simpler business and electronics was mostly radio and television and the first computers. ↗

— Jack Kilby

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Five years ago, people were crying and feeling the Japanese were about to take over the Earth. I don't hear that kind of talk anymore. ↗

— Jack Kilby

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I think it's doing very well. I'm pleased to see the concentration on semiconductors. I think this will help. ↗

— Jack Kilby

#doing #help #i #i think #pleased

I think the varied backgrounds in the beginning were a plus. It took a while for people to understand what they were trying to do and get started, but it did provide for a lot of new ideas. ↗

— Jack Kilby

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I'm doing a little consulting. I'm somewhat retired, still a director of a company or two. ↗

— Jack Kilby

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It was really a very small company when I started and it changed very rapidly during those first periods. ↗

— Jack Kilby

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It's also somewhat in the center of a number of things that will be useful to the company. ↗

— Jack Kilby

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It's true that the original idea was mine, but what you see today is the work of probably tens of thousands of the world's best engineers, all concentrating on improving the product, reducing the cost, things of that sort. ↗

— Jack Kilby

#concentrating #cost #engineers #idea #improving