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Quotes by Inventor
"Being idealistic really helps you overcome some of the many obstacles put in your path."
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"By 2000, politics will simply fade away. We will not see any political parties."
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"Most of my advances were by mistake. You uncover what is when you get rid of what isn't."
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"Nuclear fusion of light elements like hydrogen or helium would permit approaching the speed of light. It seems very attractive to refuel your space ships where the fuel is."
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"Once I completed the Cube and demonstrated it to my students, I realized it was nearly impossible to put down."
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"The challenge is to manage the Web in an open way-not too much bureaucracy, not subject to political or commercial pressures. The U.S. should demonstrate that it is prepared to share control with the world."
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"Thinking is one thing no one has ever been able to tax."
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"Of course as children, we all, in all cultures and societies, learn behavior from observation, imitation, and encouragement of various kinds. So by the suggestion made, we all 'pretend' most of the time."
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"Great discoveries and improvements invariably involve the cooperation of many minds. I may be given credit for having blazed the trail, but when I look at the subsequent developments I feel the credit is due to others rather than to myself."
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"There's a tremendous amount of energy in Japan and, increasingly, in China."
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"You are undoubtedly acquainted with my Reputation, and as for my Penmanship it must speak for itself; this is to desire your Approbation to keep a public school."
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"The essence of a role-playing game is that it is a group, cooperative experience."
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"Rashness is the faithful, but unhappy parent of misfortune."
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"When the machine had been fastened with a wire to the track, so that it could not start until released by the operator, and the motor had been run to make sure that it was in condition, we tossed a coin to decide who should have the first trial. Wilbur won."
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"Yet in all those cases I finally steeled myself to seize the opportunity, and find a way to muddle through and eventually conclude that I had, in fact, chosen the right path, as risky as it seemed at the time."
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"The Cube is an imitation of life itself - or even an improvement on life."
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"I'm creating the kind of games that I like right now. I'm not being held back by technology."
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"Success, in a generally accepted sense of the term, means the opportunity to experience and to realize to the maximum the forces that are within us."
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"My training as an engineer has enabled me to design the stuff, but the reason I do it is not to make music but for the opportunity to work with musicians."
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"You will never stub your toe standing still. The faster you go, the more chance there is of stubbing your toe, but the more chance you have of getting somewhere."
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"It is not true that virtually all news in a totalitarian state is false."
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"If you have always done it that way, it is probably wrong."
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"The rate at which a person can mature is directly proportional to the embarrassment he can tolerate."
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"There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it's going to be a butterfly."
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"Part of Steve's job was to drum into us how important what we were doing actually would be to the world."
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"To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off."
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