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Everyone has ideas. They may be too busy or lack the confidence or technical ability to carry them out. But I want to carry them out. It is a matter of getting up and doing it.

James Dyson

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James Dyson
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: May 2
Designer
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Norfolk
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Failure is an enigma. You worry about it, and it teaches you something.
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I learned that the moment you want to slow down is the moment you should accelerate.
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A lot of people give up when the world seems to be against them, but that's the point when you should push a little harder. I use the analogy of running a race. It seems as though you can’t carry on, but if you just get through the pain barrier, you'll see the end and be okay. Often, just around the corner is where the solution will happen.
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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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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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The way the world is going, it's technology driven. And it isn't just driven by the old super powers, it's driven by the far east and new emerging economies.
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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.
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I was frustrated as a child when I had to use a vacuum. It had a screaming noise and the smell of stale dog and a lack of performance.
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The media thinks that you have to make science sexy and concentrate on themes such as rivalry and the human issues.
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Enjoy failure and learn from it. You never learn from success.
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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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Don't listen to experts.
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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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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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I just want things to work properly.
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