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I want entrepreneurs to be engineers and scientists and designers they don't necessarily have to be Internet entrepreneurs or retail entrepreneurs.

James Dyson

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James Dyson
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: May 2
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Life is a mountain of solvable problems and I enjoy that.
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After the idea, there is plenty of time to learn the technology
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Today, computers are almost second nature to most of us.
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Anyone developing new products and new technology needs one characteristic above all else: hope.
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Designing aircraft and racing cars is an extremely exciting thing.
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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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Failure is an enigma. You worry about it, and it teaches you something.
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We have to change our culture so you can create wealth from making things and don't just try to make money out of money
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Nobody wants the expenditure of a lease on a factory which lasts 21 years. You can't plan 21 years ahead.
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[In my home workshop,] generally I'm mending things, which is interesting because you learn a lot about why they broke.
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If you can't be unconventional, be obtuse. Be deliberately obtuse, because there are 5 billion people out there thinking in train tracks, and thinking what they have been taught to think.
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