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"Young people should be at the forefront of global change and innovation. Empowered, they can be key agents for development and peace."
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"There is a reason why George Washington is always one of the top three presidents, and it's not because of his prowess as a military leader; it's not because of the incredible innovations in policy that he introduced. It's because he knew when it was time to go."
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"Musical innovation is full of danger to the State, for when modes of music change, the laws of the State always change with them."
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"When your focus is social change and not financial change why wouldn't you want to share that openly? Innovation only succeeds when it's shared."
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"We have entered, almost without noticing, an age of exploration and discovery unparalleled since the Renaissance."
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"Doubt, skepticism, innovation, and inquiry are the only means by which wonder, beauty, awe, and symmetry will be discovered."
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"There is competition, .. Can any Microsoft endure future competition without innovation? The answer is no. We've got to keep changing."
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"The tool that's most associated with the recent progress against malaria is the long-lasting bed net. Bed nets are a fantastic innovation. But we can do even better. We can invent new ways to control the mosquitoes that carry the malaria parasite."
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"But the improvements will happen faster and last longer if we can channel market forces, including innovation that's tailored to the needs of the poorest, to complement what governments and nonprofits do. We need a system that draws in innovators and businesses in a far better way than we do today."
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"I'm an investor in a number of biotech companies, partly because of my incredible enthusiasm for the great innovations they will bring."
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"Innovation is not the product of logical thought, even though the final product is tied to a logical structure."
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"Almost all new ideas have a certain aspect of foolishness when they are first produced."
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"Only an inventor knows how to borrow, and every man is or should be an inventor."
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"Innovation is an ongoing process that you build into your culture."
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"We crave explanations for most everything, but innovation and progress happen when we allow ourselves to embrace uncertainty."
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"Basically, to lead without a title is to derive your power within the organisation not from your position but from your competence, effectiveness, relationships, excellence, innovation and ethics."
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"It's like when IBM drove a lot of innovation out of the computer industry before the microprocessor came along. Eventually, Microsoft will crumble because of complacency, and maybe some new things will grow. But until that happens, until there's some fundamental technology shift, it's just over."
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"If an innovative piece of software comes along, Microsoft copies it and makes it part of Windows. This is not innovation; this is the end of innovation."
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"Americans worship creativity the way they worship physical beauty - as a way of enjoying elitism without guilt: God did it."
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