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36 quotes by Dean Kamen

Dean L. Kamen (born April 5, 1951) is an American entrepreneur and inventor from New Hampshire. Born on Long Island, New York, he attended Worcester Polytechnic Institute, but dropped out before graduating after five years of private advanced research for the drug infusion pump AutoSyringe. He is the son of Jack Kamen, an illustrator for Mad, Weird Science and other EC Comics publications.
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You have teenagers thinking they're going to make millions as NBA stars when that's not realistic for even 1 percent of them. Becoming a... →

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Nothing that has value, real value, has no cost. Not freedom, not food, not shelter, not healthcare.

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Everybody has to be able to participate in a future that they want to live for. That's what technology can do.

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More than ever, the world needs good engineers. However, the pool of talent is shrinking not growing.

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Most of the time you will fail, but you will also occasionally succeed. Those occasional successes make all the hard work and sacrifice worthwhile.

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I think an education is not only important, it is the most important thing you can do with your life.

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I do not want to waste any time. And if you are not working on important things, you are wasting time.

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My biggest worry is I'm running out of time and energy. Thirty years ago I thought 10 years was a really long time.

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The city needs a car like a fish needs a bicycle.

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I'd rather lose my own money than someone else's.

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If history is any indication, all truths will eventually turn out to be false.

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I started realizing that I wasn't so dumb; rather, most people simply didn't know the answers to the questions that I was interested in-or... →

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My biggest failure is I have too many to talk about.

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