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If you give people tools, and they use their natural abilities and their curiosity,
they will develop things in ways that will surprise you very much beyond what
you might have expected.

—Bill Gates, cofounder of Microsoft and philanthropist

Your personal life, your professional life, and your creative life are all
intertwined. I went through a few very difficult years where I felt like a failure.
But it was actually really important for me to go through that. Struggle, for me,
is the most inspirational thing in the world at the end of the day—as long as you
treat it that way.

—Skylar Grey, singer and songwriter

Over the years, I have learned that every significant invention has several
characteristics. By definition it must be startling, unexpected, and must come
into a world that is not prepared for it. If the world were prepared for it, it would
not be much of an invention.

—Dr. Edwin Land, cofounder of the Polaroid Corp. (from Forbes magazine, April 1, 1975)

To discover better ways of doing things one must question existent methods and
practices and be courageous enough to gamble on something new or something
different.

—Clarence Birdseye, inventor, entrepreneur, and pioneer of the frozen foods industry (from The
American magazine, vol. 151, 1951)