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Mikhail Kalashnikov
Russian
Inventor
About the author
I wanted to invent an engine that could run for ever. I could have developed a new train, had I stayed in the railway. It would have looked like the AK-47 though.
Mikhail Kalashnikov,
Russian
Inventor
Man keeps inventing things all the time.
Mikhail Kalashnikov,
Russian
Inventor
#Time
#Man
We had grain but no mills, so I designed a special mill of wood so we could make flour.
Mikhail Kalashnikov,
Russian
Inventor
#Wood
The negative side is that sometimes it is beyond control.
Mikhail Kalashnikov,
Russian
Inventor
#Control
#Negative
Terrorists also want to use simple and reliable arms.
Mikhail Kalashnikov,
Russian
Inventor
#Want
Life is composed of different inventions.
Mikhail Kalashnikov,
Russian
Inventor
#Life
#Inventions
Life can make you do many things, even kiss a man with a runny nose.
Mikhail Kalashnikov,
Russian
Inventor
#Life
#Man
#Kiss
I'm proud of my invention, but I'm sad that it is used by terrorists.
Mikhail Kalashnikov,
Russian
Inventor
#Invention
I was probably born with some designing abilities.
Mikhail Kalashnikov,
Russian
Inventor
I tried a dozen different modifications that were rejected. But they all served as a path to the final design.
Mikhail Kalashnikov,
Russian
Inventor
#Design
I shot with it a lot. I still do now. That is why I am hard of hearing.
Mikhail Kalashnikov,
Russian
Inventor
#Now
#Hearing
I made it to protect the motherland.
Mikhail Kalashnikov,
Russian
Inventor
I have continued to work at different things, and rebuilt my home all by myself. I did it for the sake of satisfaction at doing something. I did it because I happened to be where I was.
Mikhail Kalashnikov,
Russian
Inventor
#Work
#Home
#Satisfaction
I had to gain experience as I did not have a technical education.
Mikhail Kalashnikov,
Russian
Inventor
#Experience
#Education
#Gain
I was trying to perform as best as possible. I was a boy at the time, but worked well with the sickle.
Mikhail Kalashnikov,
Russian
Inventor
#Time
#Trying