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If you really want to improve technology, if you want things to work better and be better, you've got to protect the person who spends a lot of effort, money, and time developing that new technology.

James Dyson

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James Dyson
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: May 2
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I made 5,127 prototypes of my vaccum before I got it right. There were 5,126 failures. But I learned from each one. That’s how I came up with a solution. So I don’t mind failure.
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In the digital age of overnight success stories such as Facebook, the hard slog is easily overlooked.
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Life is a mountain of solvable problems and I enjoy that.
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I imported the first Mac into England in 1984 you know, the beige box. I imported what I think were the first four that came into England. I never opened the instruction manual. That was the best thing about it.
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Failure is an enigma. You worry about it, and it teaches you something.
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I've obviously used fans - I wouldn't say all my life, because we couldn't afford them when I was young, but from my 20s and onwards we've had to use fans. And I've always loathed them. Everything about them. The way you adjust them, getting them at the angle you want. Carrying them. Cleaning them. The danger of putting your finger in them.
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One of the most fun inventions of my lifetime is the Mini.
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Don't listen to experts.
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Enjoy failure and learn from it. You never learn from success.
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When decisions on nuclear power stations and runways are delayed and the government dilly-dallies, people think they aren't important.
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[M]anufacturing, science and engineering are ... incredibly creative. I'd venture to say more so than creative advertising agencies and things that are known as the creative industries.
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I just want things to work properly.
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You need a stubborn belief in an idea in order to see it realised.
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Some of the best inventive moments are born out of 'wrong thinking'. Most people start with the right way so they all follow the same path. The wrong way will lead to mistakes from which you can learn and create new discoveries-the kind of original ideas that come to life when we dare to be different, keep an open mind, and have no fear of failure.
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