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The action is best that secures the greatest happiness for the greatest number.


William Dean Howells

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DEAN KAMEN Everybody has to be able to participate in a future that they want to live for. That's what tech...
DEAN KAMEN If history is any indication, all truths will eventually turn out to be false.
DEAN KAMEN I don't work on a project unless I believe that it will dramatically improve life for a bunch of...
DEAN KAMEN An innovation is one of those things that society looks at and says, if we make this part of the way...
DEAN KAMEN Innovation is so hard and so frustrating; it takes the intersections of people with courage, vision,...
DEAN KAMEN I think an education is not only important, it is the most important thing you can do with your life...
DEAN KAMEN