"Over the years, I have learned that every……" — Edwin Land
"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."
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Characteristics of a popular politician: a horrible voice, bad breeding, and a vulgar manner.
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The characteristic of scientific progress is our knowing that we did not know.
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I am positive that flexibility is a feminine characteristic.
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There seems to be some perverse human characteristic that likes to make easy things difficult.
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I have met with some of them - very honest fellows, who, with all their stupidity, had a kind of…
— Giacomo Casanova
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Frequent and loud laughter is the characteristic of folly and ill manners.
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