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A good scientist is a person with original ideas. A good engineer

A good scientist is a person with original ideas. A good engineer is a person who makes a design that works with as few original ideas as possible. There are no prima donnas in engineering. – Freeman Dyson

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What the world needs is a small, compact, flexible fusion technology that could make electricity where and when it is needed. The existing fusion program is leading to a huge source of centralized power, at a price that nobody except a government can afford. – Freeman Dyson

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Government
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Freeman Dyson
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It is characteristic of all deep human problems that they are not to be approached without some humor and some bewilderment. – Freeman Dyson

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Humor
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Freeman Dyson
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It has become part of the accepted wisdom to say that the twentieth century was the century of physics and the twenty-first century will be the century of biology. – Freeman Dyson

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Wisdom
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I dont design down to a price. – James Dyson

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design

Well, I never studied design and I went to art school to study art, you know, sculpture and things like that, and ended up making things like sculpture and started making chairs and jewelry together and thats how I started. – Marc Newson

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design

Intelligent design itself does not have any content. – George Gilder

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design

I love the idea of couture and its emphasis on creation. Theres where I made my name – in design – and theres where Id like to stay. – Jimmy Choo

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design

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Suffering passes, while love is eternal. Thats a gift that you have received from God. Dont waste it. – Laura Ingalls Wilder

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I had a great time making the last movie, Eclipse. We shot my back-story stuff from the 1930s. But I was waiting for Breaking Dawn because I love the relationship Rosalie has with Jacob and the rest of her family and Bella. She also provides comic relief. – Nikki Reed

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ORIGINALITY is unexplored territory. You get there by carrying a canoe — you cant take a taxi. – Alan Alda

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How many women have the courage to start properly with a cold, cold bath early in the morning? I jump in, throw the water, cold as ice, and after the first plunge I am happy. – Anna Held

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