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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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James Dyson
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: May 2
Designer
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Cromer
Norfolk
Sir James Dyson
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If you want to do something different, you’re going to come up against a lot of naysayers.
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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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Designing aircraft and racing cars is an extremely exciting thing.
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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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After the idea, there is plenty of time to learn the technology
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In order to fix it, you need a passionate anger about something that doesn't work well.
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Fear is always a good motivator.
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You need a stubborn belief in an idea in order to see it realised.
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