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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

James Dyson

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James Dyson
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: May 2
Designer
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Norfolk
Sir James Dyson
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If you invent something, you're doing a creative act. It's like writing a novel or composing music. You put your heart and soul into it, and money. It's years of your life, it's your house remortgaged, huge emotional investment and financial investment.
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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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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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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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You need a stubborn belief in an idea in order to see it realised.
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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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