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So, it's a very, you know - maybe we're wrong in - you know, we go around thinking the innovator is the person who's first to kind of conceive of something. And maybe the innovation process continues down the line to the second and the third and the fourth entrant into a field.

We are all innovators, we all like to use our imagination, which is our greatest tool.

I believe in entrepreneurs. I believe in their ability to make positive change in the world.

I believe in innovation and that the way you get innovation is you fund research and you learn the basic facts.

I guess I'd like to be known for being an innovator, fostering creativity, thinking outside the box. You know, keeping people playful.

I believe in tradition and innovation, authenticity and passion.

I think you always have to be innovating and adapting and improving. You can't stay the same.

It turns out that in the federal government, there are a lot of innovators.

I'll drop something for a while, a year or maybe several years, and then pick it up again. I think that's the way successful innovators work. They keep juggling ideas, keeping them in the air, in the back of their mind, to inspire them or enable new recombinations.