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“The difficulty lies, not in the new ideas, but in escaping from the old ones” John Maynard Keynes, “The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money” - 1936

“history is filled with brilliant people who wanted to fix things and just made them worse.” Chuck Palahniuk, “Lullaby” - 2002

“Old deeds for old people, and new deeds for new.” Henry David Thoreau, “Walden” - 1854

“Throughout the centuries there were men who took first steps down new roads armed with nothing but their own vision.” Ayn Rand, “The Fountainhead” - 1943

“the innovator has for enemies all those who have done well under the old conditions, and lukewarm defenders in those who may do well under the new.” Niccolò Machiavelli, “The Prince” - 1532

“As the births of living creatures, at first are ill-shapen, so are all innovations, which are the births of time.” Francis Bacon, “The Essays of Francis Bacon” - 1597

“No army had ever fragmented itself like that before, but Ender was not planning to do anything that had been done before, either.” Orson Scott Card, “Ender's Game” - 1985

“Where's the glory in repeating what others have done?” Rick Riordan, “The Lightning Thief” - 2005

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