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I just think things should work properly.

James Dyson

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James Dyson
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: May 2
Designer
Entrepreneur
Farmer
Industrial Designer
Inventor
Cromer
Norfolk
Sir James Dyson
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I learned that the moment you want to slow down is the moment you should accelerate.
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Life is a mountain of solvable problems and I enjoy that.
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Enjoy failure and learn from it. You never learn from success.
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Don't listen to experts.
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