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The truth is just an excuse for lack of imagination.
Nolan Bushnell
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Nolan Bushnell
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: February 5
Computer Scientist
Engineer
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Clearfield
Utah
Nolan Key Bushnell
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In 1980, Atari was bringing in around two billion dollars in revenue and Chuck E. Cheese's some five hundred million. I still didn't feel too bad that I had turned down a one-third ownership of Apple - although I was beginning to think it might turn out to be a mistake.
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You wanna build your IQ higher in the next two years? Be uncomfortable. That means, learn something where you have a beginner's mind.
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We're moving away from a credentialed society to a merit society.
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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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I'm a big believer in the Wii. I love the physicality of the Wii controller, and how you can get the feeling of throwing a bowling ball or swinging a golf club. Those are the kinds of games I really like.
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Innovation is hard. It really is. Because most people don't get it. Remember, the automobile, the airplane, the telephone, these were all considered toys at their introduction because they had no constituency. They were too new.
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The best ideas lose their owners and take on lives of their own.
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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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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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The ultimate inspiration is the deadline.
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