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Britain's great strength is its innovative, design and engineering natural ability and we're not using it.

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James Dyson
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: May 2
Designer
Entrepreneur
Farmer
Industrial Designer
Inventor
Cromer
Norfolk
Sir James Dyson
Britain
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Design
Strength
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Great
Innovative
Engineering

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Failure is an enigma. You worry about it, and it teaches you something.
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Enjoy failure and learn from it. You never learn from success.
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