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Ping-pong was invented on the dining tables of England in the 19th century, and it was called Wiff-waff! And there, I think, you have the difference between us and the rest of the world. Other nations, the French, looked at a dining table and saw an opportunity to have dinner; we looked at it an saw an opportunity to play Wiff-waff. ↗

— Boris Johnson

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Inventing is a combination of brains and materials. The more brains you use, the less material you need. ↗

— Charles Kettering

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An inventor is simply a fellow who doesn't take his education too seriously. ↗

— Charles Kettering

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I think that various styles and methods and approaches are an invention of people who don't understand the process of acting and who try very hard to label things. ↗

— Ben Kingsley

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I'm still the same person, thinking the same way, so it's possible I will invent something. ↗

— Erno Rubik

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But thanks to my invention, my capitalist friends and I were able to bring the government to its knees. ↗

— Erno Rubik

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But for me, it was a code I myself had invented! Yet I could not read it. ↗

— Erno Rubik

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The infliction of cruelty with a good conscience is a delight to moralists. That is why they invented Hell. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

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Order, unity, and continuity are human inventions, just as truly as catalogues and encyclopedias. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

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Real obstacles don't take you in circles. They can be overcome. Invented ones are like a maze. ↗

— Barbara Sher

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