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It is one of our most exciting discoveries that local discovery leads to a complex of further discoveries.
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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Ideas are easy to come by reduction to practice is an arduous but inspirationally rewarding matter.
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The earth is like a spaceship that didn't come with an operating manual.
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Our little Spaceship Earth is only eight thousand miles in diameter, which is almost a negligible dimension in the great vastness of space.
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If I ran a school, I'd give the average grade to the ones who gave me all the right answers, for being good parrots. I'd give the top grades to those who made a lot of mistakes and told me about them, and then told me what they learned from them.
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