"When Marconi suggested the possibility of wireless transmission……" — John Powell
"When Marconi suggested the possibility of wireless transmission of sound (the radio),he was committed to a mental institution. But people like Lincoln, Edison, and Marconi were strongly motivated. So they didn't give up. They somehow knew that the only real failure is the one from which we learn nothing. They seemed to go on the assumption that there is no failure greater than the failure of not trying, and so they continued to try in the face of repeated failures."
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37 Quotes by John Powell
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If you knew me yesterday, please do not think that it is the same person that you are meeting today.
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Human beings, like plants, grow in the soil of acceptance, not in the atmosphere of rejection.
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We must be trying to learn who we really are rather than trying to tell ourselves who we should be.
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