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The very essence of democracy is the absolute faith that while people must cooperate, the first function of democracy, its peculiar gift, is to develop each individual into everything that he might be.
Edwin Land
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Edwin Land
Age: 81 †
Born: 1909
Born: May 7
Died: 1991
Died: March 1
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Edwin Land
Edwin Herbert Land
E.H. Land
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Creativity is the sudden cessation of stupidity.
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In a few wretched buildings, we created a whole new industry with international significance.
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Anything worth doing is worth doing to excess.
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I have long aspired to make our company a noble prototype of industry, penetrating in science, reliable in engineering, creative in aesthetics and wholesomely prosperous in economics.
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