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As we move towards 8 or 10 billion people on the planet, there's a little less gold per capita. Each one of us will continue to be fighting over an ever smaller percentage of total resources. This is not a happy thought.

~Dean Kamen

Topics: Billion Continue Each Each One Ever Fighting Gold Happy Less Little Move Over People Per Percentage Planet Resources Smaller Thought Total Towards Us Will

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

~Dean Kamen

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There is just so much stuff in the world that, to me, is devoid of any real substance, value, and content that I just try to make sure that I am working on things that matter.

~Dean Kamen

Topics: Am Any Content Devoid Just Make Matter Me Much Real Stuff Substance Sure Things Try Value Working World I Am

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We can't live any more in a world which is based on stuff and not ideas. If you want to live with the world of stuff, we're all doomed.

~Dean Kamen

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I would argue that education, actual learning - it is hard work. It's very personal. Your parents don't teach you anything. Your teachers don't teach you anything. The government doesn't teach you anything. You read it. You don't understand it; you read it again. You break a pencil and read it again.

~Dean Kamen

Topics: Actual Again Anything Argue Break Education Government Hard Hard Work Learning Parents Pencil Personal Read Teach Teachers Understand Very Work Would You Your

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I've spent quite a bit of time working on wind turbines and exploring control systems and photovoltaic and integration system.

~Dean Kamen

Topics: Bit Control Exploring Integration Quite Quite A Bit Spent System Systems Time Wind Working

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We're working on ways to make potable water from polluted water, whether it has organics in it or salt from the ocean, at very low energy input.

~Dean Kamen

Topics: Energy Input Low Make Ocean Polluted Salt Very Water Ways Whether Working

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My plane is a Premiere; it has very efficient gas turbine engines. It goes very fast on relatively little fuel. Flying has been my passion since I was a kid.

~Dean Kamen

Topics: Been Efficient Engines Fast Flying Fuel Gas Goes Kid Little Passion Plane Premiere Relatively Since Very

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I've never had a business plan. Every project we've ever done was the intersection of somebody with a real need, a real passion to do something, and hustling.

~Dean Kamen

Topics: Business Done Ever Every Had Hustling Intersection Need Never Passion Plan Project Real Real Passion Somebody Something

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My father spent his entire early career as an illustrator for comic books: EC Comics like 'Tales from the Crypt' and 'Creepshow,' then moving on to such magazines as 'Mad' and 'Weird Science.'

~Dean Kamen

Topics: Books Career Comic Comic Books Comics Early Entire Father His Illustrator Like Mad Magazines Moving Moving On Science Spent Tales Then Weird

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Inventor

Born: April 5th, 1951

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