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People take the longest possible paths, digress to numerous dead ends, and make all kinds of mistakes. Then historians come along and write summaries of this messy, nonlinear process and make it appear like a simple, straight line.
Dean Kamen
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Dean Kamen
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: April 5
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Dean L. Kamen
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I'd rather lose my own money than someone else's.
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