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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. "

Dean Kamen

People

Think

Today

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Dean Kamen

World

Value

" We all know about certain problems we wish we didn't have. "

" The city needs a car like a fish needs a bicycle. "

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Dean Kamen

Ideas

Live

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" I don't want to think about how many people have thought or still think that I'm crazy. "