

“Meanwhile, an article in the September issue of the popular McClure’s Magazine written by Simon Newcomb, a distinguished astronomer and professor at Johns Hopkins University, dismissed the dream of flight as no more than a myth. And were such a machine devised, he asked, what useful purpose could it possibly serve?”
― The Wright Brothers
― The Wright Brothers

“Well, they’ve made a flight.”
― The Wright Brothers
― The Wright Brothers
“What important truth do very few people agree with you on?”
― Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future
― Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future
“An ecosystem is a web of mutually beneficial relationships that enhances the value of all of the participants.”
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“What had transpired that day in 1903, in the stiff winds and cold of the Outer Banks in less than two hours time, was one of the turning points in history, the beginning of change for the world far greater than any of those present could possibly have imagined.”
― The Wright Brothers
― The Wright Brothers
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