Where in the World Did You Get The Idea That People Never Change?
Sometimes our beliefs hold us back. I am talking about what we consider to be “a fact”. If I had more time and room, I could cite comment after comment that was proven to be inaccurate. Perhaps one of my favorite misquotes is attributed to a former Director of the Patent Office, who supposedly said in 1899 “Everything that can be invented has been invented.” There’s really no proof that Charles Duell ever said that, so I use it to prove my point and not to trash the former Director.
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