| Doesn't it just burn you up when you have
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| | of examples that said you can't do this."
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| just shared your 'great idea' with
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| | - Spencer Silver on the work that led to
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| someone and not only are they not as
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| | the unique adhesives or 3-M "Post-It"
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| enthusiastic as you, they even go as far
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| | Notepads."So we went to Atari and said,
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| as to say your idea won't work! Trust me
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| | 'Hey, we've got this amazing thing, even
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| if this has happened to you you're not
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| | built with some of your parts, and what
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| alone.In such instances we generally have
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| | do you think about funding us? Or we'll
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| two choices. One, we can let go of the
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| | give it to you. We just want to do it.
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| idea and be left with the dreaded "what
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| | Pay our salary, we'll come work for you.'
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| if I'd only tried" question running
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| | And they said, 'No.' So then we went to
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| through our minds . Or two, we can get a
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| | Hewlett-Packard, and they said, 'Hey, we
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| second opinion!Luckily for us the people
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| | don't need you; you haven't got through
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| from the next few examples did just
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| | college yet.'" - Apple Computer Inc.
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| that!"Computers in the future may weigh
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| | founder Steve Jobs on attempts to get
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| no more than 15 tons." - Popular
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| | Atari and H-P interested in his and Steve
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| Mechanics," forecasting the relentless
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| | Wozniak's personal computer."Professor
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| march of science, 1949."I think there is
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| | Goddard does not know the relation
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| a world market for maybe five computers."
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| | between action and reaction and the need
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|
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| | to have something better than a vacuum
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| - Thomas Watson, chairman of IBM,
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| | against which to react. He seems to lack
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| 1943."I have traveled the length and
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| | the basic knowledge ladled out daily in
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| breadth of this country and talked with
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| | high schools." - New York Times editorial
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| the best people, and I can assure you
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| | about Robert Goddard's revolutionary
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| that data processing is a fad that won't
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| | rocket work, 1921."You want to have
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| last out the year." - The editor in
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| | consistent and uniform muscle development
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| charge of business books for Prentice
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| | across all of your muscles? It can't be
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| Hall, 1957."But what...is it good for?" -
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| | done. It's just a fact of life. You just
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| Engineer at the Advanced Computing
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| | have to accept inconsistent muscle
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| Systems Division of IBM commenting on the
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| | development as an unalterable condition
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| microchip, 1968."There is no reason
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| | of weight training." - Response to Arthur
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| anyone would want a computer in their
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| | Jones, who solved the "unsolvable"
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| home." - Ken Olson, president, chairman
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| | problem by inventing Nautilus."Drill for
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| and founder of Digital Equipment Corp.,
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| | oil? You mean drill into the ground to
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| 1977"This 'telephone' has too many
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| | try and find oil? You're crazy." -
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| shortcomings to be seriously considered
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| | Drillers who Edwin L. Drake tried to
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| as a means of communication. The device
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| | enlist to his project to drill for oil in
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| is inherently of no value to us." -
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| | 1859."Stocks have reached what looks like
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| Western Union internal memo, 1876."The
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| | a permanently high plateau." - Irving
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| wireless music box has no imaginable
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| | Fisher, Professor of Economics, Yale
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| commercial value. Who would pay for a
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| | University, 1929."Airplanes are
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| message sent to nobody in particular?" -
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| | interesting toys but of no military
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| David Sarnoff's associates in response to
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| | value." - Mrechal Ferdinand Foch,
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| his urgings for investment in the radio
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| | Professor of Strategy, Ecole Superieure
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| in the 1920s."The concept is interesting
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| | de Guerre."Everything that can be
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| and well-formed, but in order to earn
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| | invented has been invented." - Charles H.
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| better than a 'C,' the idea must be
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| | Duell, Commissioner, U.S. Office of
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| feasible." - A Yale University management
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| | Patents, 1899."Louis Pasteur's theory of
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| professor in response to Fred Smith's
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| | germs is ridiculous fiction". - Pierre
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| paper proposing reliable overnight
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| | Pachet, Professor of Physiology at
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| delivery service. (Smith went on to found
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| | Toulouse, 1872."The abdomen, the chest
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| Federal Express Corp.)Who the heck wants
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| | and the brain will forever be shut from
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| to hear actors talk?" - Harry M. Warner,
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| | the intrusion of the wise and humane
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| Warner Brothers, 1927."I'm just glad
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| | surgeon." - Sir John Eric Ericksen,
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| it'll be Clark Gable who's falling on his
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| | British surgeon, appointed
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| face and not Gary Cooper." - Gary Cooper
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| | Surgeon-Extraordinary to Queen Victoria,
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| on his decision not to take the leading
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| | 1873."640k ought to be enough for
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| role in "Gone with the Wind.""A cookie
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| | anybody." - Bill Gates, 1981Wow! can you
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| store is a bad idea. Besides, the market
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| | imagine what would have happened if the
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| research reports say America likes crispy
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| | folks who heard these "expert opinions"
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| cookies, not soft and chewy cookies like
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| | hadn't gone for a second opinion? Never
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| you make." - Response to Debbi Fields'
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| | fear following your passion... Here's to
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| idea of starting her company, Mrs.
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| | your success, Josh HindsJosh Hinds of
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| Fields' Cookies."We don't like their
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| | specializes in helping people to achieve
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| sound, and guitar music is on the way
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| | maximum success and live the life of
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| out." - Decca Recording Co. rejecting the
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| | their dreams -- receive his motivation
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| Beatles, 1962."Heavier-than-air flying
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| | newsletter by going to is also the
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| machines are impossible." - Lord Kelvin,
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| | co-founder of - visit now to hear
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| president, Royal Society, 1895."If I had
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| | leading motivational speakers and
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| thought about it, I wouldn't have done
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| | authors.
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| the experiment. The literature was full
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