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"Above all it is important to point out that we can only maintain our prosperity in Europe if we belong to the most innovative regions in the world."
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"To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk."

"There's a huge misconception that innovation is mostly about inventing or coming up with cool new things. More often than not, innovation is about figuring out what people really need or want but can't have or afford."

"Nearly all of the advances in structural and aesthetic innovation is coming from abroad."

"The future belongs to those who innovate."

"Failure is an option here. If things are not failing, you are not innovating enough."

"America is the most inventive country in the world because everybody has access to information."

"I'm interested in things that change the world or that affect the future and wondrous, new technology where you see it, and you're like, 'Wow, how did that even happen? How is that possible?'"

"If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it?"

"Today's practicality is often no more than the accepted form of yesterday's theory."

"If we drive down the cost of transportation in space, we can do great things."
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"In Europe it is particularly important that we build good relations to everyone who holds political responsibility because Europe can only be build together."

"I felt really sorry for Oliver Kahn. Up to that point he had made lots of saves for the German team. Of course he could have caught the ball but it just happened. It was bad luck. In that situation, you need to be very strong psychologically to carry on."
Luck,

"This multicultural approach, saying that we simply live side by side and live happily with each other has failed. Utterly failed."

"On the one hand, the financial projection is on the agenda - we will see if this problem can be resolved or not. I think it is a right idea to stage a special summit, which would deal with the question of priorities of European politics."

"It is a fact that, if I single out Germany, our rate of growth is too low and we have very high unemployment."

"As politicians we have to react to the fact that many people do not feel that they can relate to the EU."
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