James Dyson Quotes
An inventor's path is chorused with groans, riddled with fist-banging and punctuated by head scratches.
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If I can still have Hollywood and a piece of Bollywood, I will take it.
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I've always written pop songs. I tend to take inspiration from more experimental genres, like ambient music, but at the root of the song, it's verse-chorus-verse.
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We cannot build a viable state with a country that is disintegrating into small pieces.
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It's rumored that doing well in real estate is to be able to close a deal. I did not find that to be the case for myself, I was probably the worst closer out there and I didn't find that was true of my top super stars either.
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'Vanity' means worthlessness.
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I went to a girls' school, and it was awful. The combination of my teenage anger and their jealousy meant I was always getting into fights. There was a lot of pulling of hair and scratching of faces and rolling around on the floor.
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The names of common flowers change from decade to decade, so I spent a lot of time with old outdated dictionaries, with awful flower names like 'mouse-eared chickweed.'
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My family and relatives alone could fill Shanmukhananda Hall in Bombay.
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Purity of personal life is the one indispensable condition for building up a sound education.
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When making your choice in life, do not neglect to live.
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Sacred cows make the tastiest hamburger.
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I remember straightening my hair because I wanted to be like everybody else, and now the fact that anybody would emulate what I do? It's just funny.
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As a Business Ambassador, I am delighted to help both new and established British designers receive the recognition they deserve in the global fashion arena.
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I'm sure I wouldn't have been asked to judge the Man Booker if it weren't for 'Downton.'
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What comes out when life squeezes you? When someone hurts or offends you? If anger, pain and fear come out of you, it's because that's what's inside.
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I can spend hours in a grocery store. I get so excited when I see food, I go crazy. I spend hours arranging my baskets so that everything fits in and nothing gets squashed. I'm really anal about it, actually.
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There are a couple of things in there if we're constraining this discussion to horror here.
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When I first found out I had HIV, I had to find somebody who was living with it, who could help me understand my journey and what I was going to have to deal with day-to-day. I found out that a person named Elizabeth Frazier was living with AIDS at the time, and so I called her up, and she took a meeting with me.
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Philosophy will not be able to effect an immediate transformation of the present condition of the world. This is not only true of philosophy, but of all merely human thought and endeavor.
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Men who are orthodox when they are young are in danger of being middle-aged all their lives.
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I want to have a record with Beyonce or Lady Gaga. They are both my inspirations. Especially Beyonce.
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The true Christian does not need to be reminded that he has a crucified Master. He often thinks of Him.
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When I was in Greenough, Montana, I came across a bear cub. I was off this path, and I thought, If there's a bear cub, that means there's a mother bear somewhere nearby. So I doubled back. If I'd kept going, I'm sure they would have eventually found my sneakers, and that's about it.
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An inventor's path is chorused with groans, riddled with fist-banging and punctuated by head scratches.
