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I just think things should work properly.

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James Dyson
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: May 2
Designer
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Cromer
Norfolk
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The important thing is to learn from mistakes - something graduates are adept at. Our graduate engineers are working on new technology - from uncharted applications for our digital motor, to a new take on the hand dryer. With an unhindered mind, nothing is off limits.
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Anger is a good motivator.
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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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[M]anufacturing, science and engineering are ... incredibly creative. I'd venture to say more so than creative advertising agencies and things that are known as the creative industries.
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I think the search engines are the new equivalent of publishing: an enabler of information.
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I've fought court battles over my inventions before.
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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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One of the most fun inventions of my lifetime is the Mini.
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Emerging markets are hugely important.
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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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You need a stubborn belief in an idea in order to see it realised.
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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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Today, computers are almost second nature to most of us.
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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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The computer dictates how you do something, whereas with a pencil you're totally free.
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After the idea, there is plenty of time to learn the technology
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Beauty can come in strange forms.
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Anyone developing new products and new technology needs one characteristic above all else: hope.
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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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Don't listen to experts.
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