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I just invent, then wait until man comes around to needing what I've invented.
R. Buckminster Fuller
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R. Buckminster Fuller
Age: 87 †
Born: 1895
Born: July 12
Died: 1983
Died: July 1
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Massachusetts
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The impossible happens.
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