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That is to say, epic poetry has been invented many times and independently; but, as the needs which prompted the invention have been broadly similar, so the invention itself has been. ↗

— Lascelles Abercrombie

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No one has ever written, painted, sculpted, modeled, built, or invented except literally to get out of hell. ↗

— Antonin Artaud

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Inspiration is a farce that poets have invented to give themselves importance. ↗

— Jean Anouilh

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I was the shyest human ever invented, but I had a lion inside me that wouldn't shut up! ↗

— Ingrid Bergman

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You can't think about terrorism without thinking about Palestinian terrorism. Palestinians began international terrorism. It started with them in 1968. They used it as the first resort, not the last resort. They invented it, they perfected it, they benefited from it and they taught the world how to use it and that it would be successful. ↗

— Alan Dershowitz

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Poetry was invented as an mnemonic device to enable people to remember their prayers. ↗

— Peter Davison

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Californians invented the concept of life-style. This alone warrants their doom. ↗

— Don DeLillo

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Television is something the Russians invented to destroy American education. ↗

— Paul Erdos

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Successful technologies often begin as hobbies. Jacques Cousteau invented scuba diving because he enjoyed exploring caves. The Wright brothers invented flying as a relief from the monotony of their normal business of selling and repairing bicycles. ↗

— Freeman Dyson

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Well, Apple invented the PC as we know it, and then it invented the graphical user interface as we know it eight years later (with the introduction of the Mac). But then, the company had a decade in which it took a nap. ↗

— Steve Jobs

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