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R. Buckminster Fuller Quotes: Most of my advances were by mistake. You uncover what is when you get rid of what isn't.
         

Most of my advances were by mistake. You uncover what is when you get rid of what isn't.


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There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it's going to be a butterfly.



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Pollution is nothing but the resources we are not harvesting. We allow them to disperse because we've been ignorant of their value.



Mistakes are great, the more I make the smarter I get.

Mistakes are great, the more I make the smarter I get.



If you want to teach people a new way of thinking, don't bother trying to teach them. Instead, give them a tool, the use of which will lead to new ways of thinking.

If you want to teach people a new way of thinking, don't bother trying to teach them. Instead, give them a tool, the use of which will lead to new ways of thinking.



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We are called to be architects of the future, not its victims.



You can rest assured that if you devote your time and attention to the highest advantage of others, the Universe will support you, always and only in the nick of time.

You can rest assured that if you devote your time and attention to the highest advantage of others, the Universe will support you, always and only in the nick of time.



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