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«Want is the mistress of invention»
Author: Susanna Centlivre
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Inventions
«These are bagpipes. I understand the inventor of the bagpipes was inspired when he saw a man carrying an indignant, asthmatic pig under his arm. Unfortunately, the man-made sound never equalled the purity of the sound achieved by the pig.»
Author: Alfred Hitchcock
(Film Director)
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Inventions
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arm, asthmatic, bagpipe, bagpipes, carrying, indignant, inspired, inventor, pig, purity, the inventor, The Sound, unfortunately
«The greatest inventions were produced in the times of ignorance, as the use of the compass, gunpowder, and printing»
Author: Jonathan Swift
(Author, Satirist)
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Inventions
| Keywords:
compass, gunpowder, inventions, printing, The Times
«Without question, the greatest invention in the history of mankind is beer. Oh, I grant you that the wheel was also a fine invention, but the wheel does not go nearly as well with pizza.»
Author: Dave Barry
(Humorist, Writer)
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History,
Humor,
Inventions,
Mankind
| Keywords:
beer, beers, beer can, fine, grant, History of, invention, nearly, pizza, pizzas, The History, The History of, The wheel, wheel, wheeled
«We believe that if men have the talent to invent new machines that put men out of work, they have the talent to put those men back to work»
Author: John Fitzgerald Kennedy
(President)
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Belief,
Inventions,
Talent
| Keywords:
invent, machines, out of work
«Where a new invention promises to be useful, it ought to be tried»
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