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I never did anything worth doing by accident, nor did any of my inventions come by accident; they came by work. ↗

— Plato

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I also administer the Internet Assigned Names Authority, which is the central coordinator for the Internet address space, domain names and Internet protocol conventions essential to the use and operation of the Internet. ↗

— Jon Postel

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I've always felt that what I have going for me is not my imagination, because everyone has an imagination. What I have is a relentlessly controlled imagination. What looks like wild invention is actually quite carefully calculated. ↗

— Terry Pratchett

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The Iraq war took priority over domestic disaster prevention. ↗

— Charles Rangel

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We're in danger of breaking our army and preventing our national leaders from having the flexibility to confront not just Iraq and Afghanistan, but crises around the globe. ↗

— Jack Reed

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Any change in form produces a fear of change, and that has accelerated. Marketing is the death of invention, because marketing deals with the familiar. ↗

— Nicolas Roeg

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As I discovered, even the governor of a major state who holds pro-life views can be denied a hearing at his party's convention without the national media protesting it. ↗

— Robert Casey

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One of the most fun inventions of my lifetime is the Mini. ↗

— James Dyson

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I was not naturally talented. I didn't sing, dance or act, though working around that minor detail made me inventive. ↗

— Steve Martin

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I like the way Wiseman builds a story in an unconventional way. ↗

— Jim McKay

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