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An invention that is quickly accepted will turn out to be a rather trivial alteration of something that has already existed.
Edwin Land
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Edwin Land
Age: 81 †
Born: 1909
Born: May 7
Died: 1991
Died: March 1
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Connecticut
Edwin Land
Edwin Herbert Land
E.H. Land
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A mistake is an event, the full benefit of which has not yet been turned to your advantage.
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You cannot separate the composition from the life of the moment. It is all one thing, to be decided in a split second while you're living through it.
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I believe quite simply that the small company of the future will be as much a research organization as it is a manufacturing company.
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