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When you're building something, you know all of the trade-offs.

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Nolan Bushnell
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: February 5
Computer Scientist
Engineer
Entrepreneur
Inventor
Clearfield
Utah
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Some of the best projects to ever come out of Atari or Chuck E. Cheese's were from high school dropouts, college dropouts. One guy had been in jail.
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The truth is just an excuse for lack of imagination.
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Any business that does not innovate will fail over time.
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The subtle generational cues that make one thing cool and another uncool aren't always obvious to a parent. My children are my dinner-table sounding board. I've come up with some wonderful ideas that they universally dismissed as 'lame.'
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I've always thought legal addictions are a great way to create a business. Starbucks is a wonderful example.
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I don't think people understand how much hard work innovation is. That it's not just getting an idea. You really have to cross your T's and dot your I's long before you ever start on the project. I don't think people perceive that about me. I work hard.
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I'd love to design a school.
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A lot of people have ideas, but there are few who decide to do something about them now. Not tomorrow. Not next week. But today. The true entrepreneur is a doer, not a dreamer.
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If you really want you people to innovate, buy a science fiction book, tear off the covers, and tell them it's history.
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I guess I'd like to be known for being an innovator, fostering creativity, thinking outside the box. You know, keeping people playful.
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Everyone who's ever taken a shower has an idea. It's the person who gets out of the shower, dries off and does something about it who makes a difference.
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If you're willing to work harder than anybody else, you can create your own luck
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People hate to and will not read instructions.
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The ultimate inspiration is the deadline.
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We're moving away from a credentialed society to a merit society.
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I appreciate the fact that technology and games are a big part of life.
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My perception is that I'm a guy who really does a lot of homework surrounding any project that I do.
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In the early days of the video game business, everybody played. The question is, what happened? My theory - and I think it's pretty well borne out - is that in the '80s, games got gory, and that lost the women. And then they got complex, and that lost the casual gamer.
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People like secrets. Creative people really like secrets.
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Walk to work, even if it's four miles. Ride a bike to work. Drive a different way. On your way there, try to find beauty. You'd be surprised how much more of the neighborhood you can perceive and experience when you're looking for unique spots of beauty.
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