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My motto is very personal and may not fit anyone else or any other company. It is: Don't do anything that someone else can do. Don't undertake a project unless it is manifestly important and nearly impossible.

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Edwin Land
Age: 81 †
Born: 1909
Born: May 7
Died: 1991
Died: March 1
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Bridgeport
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Edwin Land
Edwin Herbert Land
E.H. Land
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We can be dramatic, even theatrical we can be persuasive but the message we are telling must be true.
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