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"It is easy to destroy a book, but an idea once implanted has roots no man can utterly destroy."

"I'm still constantly thinking of ideas. I don't feel 90. I think I'm about 12."

"I had an immense advantage over many others dealing with the problem inasmuch as I had no fixed ideas derived from long-established practice to control and bias my mind, and did not suffer from the general belief that whatever is, is right."

"If Pakistan has any ideas of annexing any part of our territories by force, she should think afresh. I want to state categorically that force will be met with force and aggression against us will never be allowed to succeed."
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"Everyone has a 'risk muscle.' You keep it in shape by trying new things. If you don't, it atrophies. Make a point of using it at least once a day."


"Take advantage of the ambiguity in the world. Look at something and think what else it might be."


"Either you let your life slip away by not doing the things you want to do, or you get up and do them."


"If you make an error, use it as a stepping stone to a new idea you might not have otherwise discovered."


"Remember the two benefits of failure. First, if you do fail, you learn what doesn't work; and second, the failure gives you the opportunity to try a new approach."


"Most people think of success and failure as opposites, but they both are products of the same process."


"It's easy to come up with new ideas; the hard part is letting go of what worked for you two years ago, but will soon be out-of-date."
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