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Enjoy failure and learn from it. You never learn from success.

James Dyson

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James Dyson
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: May 2
Designer
Entrepreneur
Farmer
Industrial Designer
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Cromer
Norfolk
Sir James Dyson
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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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I learned that the moment you want to slow down is the moment you should accelerate.
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An inventor's path is chorused with groans, riddled with fist-banging and punctuated by head scratches.
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