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" I consider high-speed data transmission an invention that became a major innovation. It changed the way we all communicate. "
Dean Kamen
Way
Innovation
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" Our healthcare system has seen some of the greatest achievements of the human intellect since we started recording history: We're developing incredible devices and implantables to improve the quantity and quality of people's lives. "
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" When I'm told absolutely no, it's a definite maybe. "
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" I think an education is not only important, it is the most important thing you can do with your life. "
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" Every once in a while, a new technology, an old problem, and a big idea turn into an innovation. "
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" We can't live any more in a world which is based on stuff and not ideas. If you want to live with the world of stuff, we're all doomed. "
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" I don't want to think about how many people have thought or still think that I'm crazy. "
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" If history is any indication, all truths will eventually turn out to be false. "
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" Most of the time you will fail, but you will also occasionally succeed. Those occasional successes make all the hard work and sacrifice worthwhile. "
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" As we move towards 8 or 10 billion people on the planet, there's a little less gold per capita. Each one of us will continue to be fighting over an ever smaller percentage of total resources. This is not a happy thought. "
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" If people ridicule you, look them in the eye and say, 'Yeah, I may have failed, but at least I tried,' and get on with it. "
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" The future is going to require really smart people. What we think are crises today probably will be no big deal, and we have no idea what will really be crises in the future. "
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" An innovation is one of those things that society looks at and says, if we make this part of the way we live and work, it will change the way we live and work. "
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" I do not want to waste any time. And if you are not working on important things, you are wasting time. "
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" My biggest failure is I have too many to talk about. "
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" I've never had a business plan. Every project we've ever done was the intersection of somebody with a real need, a real passion to do something, and hustling. "
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" Nothing that has value, real value, has no cost. Not freedom, not food, not shelter, not healthcare. "
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" You can't look at the problem and say, 'I want them to do more, better, faster miracles - and not invest in research, not invest in development, and have those miracles delivered to me free.' It's unrealistic. "
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" Sporting competitions seem to be what we obsess over, frankly. So if we can put engineering, science, technology into a format of healthy, fun competition, we can attract all sorts of kids that might not see the kind of activity we do as accessible or rewarding. "
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" My father spent his entire early career as an illustrator for comic books: EC Comics like 'Tales from the Crypt' and 'Creepshow,' then moving on to such magazines as 'Mad' and 'Weird Science.' "
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" I've never regretted anything I've done, even the things that I've failed at. I've often regretted not trying something really big, because you'll never know. "
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