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If you want to do something different, you’re going to come up against a lot of naysayers.

James Dyson

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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 really want to improve technology, if you want things to work better and be better, you've got to protect the person who spends a lot of effort, money, and time developing that new technology.
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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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Britain's great strength is its innovative, design and engineering natural ability and we're not using it.
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I was frustrated as a child when I had to use a vacuum. It had a screaming noise and the smell of stale dog and a lack of performance.
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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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The way the world is going, it's technology driven. And it isn't just driven by the old super powers, it's driven by the far east and new emerging economies.
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Anger is a good motivator.
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The computer dictates how you do something, whereas with a pencil you're totally free.
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You need a stubborn belief in an idea in order to see it realised.
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Life is a mountain of solvable problems and I enjoy that.
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Some of the best inventive moments are born out of 'wrong thinking'. Most people start with the right way so they all follow the same path. The wrong way will lead to mistakes from which you can learn and create new discoveries-the kind of original ideas that come to life when we dare to be different, keep an open mind, and have no fear of failure.
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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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The media thinks that you have to make science sexy and concentrate on themes such as rivalry and the human issues.
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[In my home workshop,] generally I'm mending things, which is interesting because you learn a lot about why they broke.
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