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The one size fits all approach of standardized testing is convenient but lazy.
James Dyson
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The wonderful thing about Apple technology is just how intuitive it is.
James Dyson
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An inventor's path is chorused with groans, riddled with fist-banging and punctuated by head scratches.
James Dyson
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In the digital age of 'overnight' success stories such as Facebook, the hard slog is easily overlooked.
James Dyson
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Well, air-conditioning is not a good thing.
James Dyson
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Everyone has ideas. They may be too busy or lack the confidence or technical ability to carry them out. But I want to carry them out. It is a matter of getting up and doing it.
James Dyson
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Some people are academically inclined, some vocationally and we shouldn't penalise the latter.
James Dyson
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You don't get inspiration sitting at a drawing board or in front of your computer.
James Dyson
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Anger is a good motivator.
James Dyson
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I'm not a businessman.
James Dyson
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I think the search engines are the new equivalent of publishing: an enabler of information.
James Dyson
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Now, we don't teach children in schools to be creative. We don't teach them to experiment. We want them to fill in the right answer, tick the right answer in the box.
James Dyson
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If you really want to improve technology, if you want things to work better and be better, you've got to protect the person who spends a lot of effort, money, and time developing that new technology.
James Dyson
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Reality TV is anything but.
James Dyson
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I don't believe in brands.
James Dyson
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Britain's great strength is its innovative, design and engineering natural ability and we're not using it.
James Dyson
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Emerging markets are hugely important.
James Dyson
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I've obviously used fans - I wouldn't say all my life, because we couldn't afford them when I was young, but from my 20s and onwards we've had to use fans. And I've always loathed them. Everything about them. The way you adjust them, getting them at the angle you want. Carrying them. Cleaning them. The danger of putting your finger in them.
James Dyson
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Far too few designers put any thought into usability, ending up with a great product that's completely inaccessible.
James Dyson
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Insurance companies don't make anything.
James Dyson
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I imported the first Mac into England in 1984; you know, the beige box. I imported what I think were the first four that came into England. I never opened the instruction manual. That was the best thing about it.
James Dyson
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China has all the advantages in the world. But it doesn't have a history of free thinking, risk-taking pioneers - the kind of people the U.S. is built upon.
James Dyson
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If robots are to clean our homes, they'll have to do it better than a person.
James Dyson
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The British judiciary needs to support intellectual property.
James Dyson
