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Just because something doesn't do what you planned it to do doesn't mean it's useless.

— Thomas Edison Artifacts : An Archaeologist's Year in Silicon Valley (2001)

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Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.

Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.

An Enemy Called Average (1990)

Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration.

We don't know a millionth of one percent about anything.

To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk.

Behavior-Based Robotics (1998)

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