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What this power is I cannot say all I know is that it exists and it becomes available only when a man is in that state of mind in which he knows exactly what he wants and is fully determined not to quit until he finds it.
Alexander Graham Bell
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Alexander Graham Bell
Age: 75 †
Born: 1847
Born: March 3
Died: 1922
Died: August 2
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When one door closes, another opens but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us.
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What this power is, I cannot say... All I know is that it exists.
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Great discoveries and improvements invariably involve the cooperation of many minds. I may be given credit for having blazed the trail, but when I look at the subsequent developments I feel the credit is due to others rather than to myself.
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I have travelled around the globe. I have seen the Canadian and American Rockies, the Andes, the Alps and the Highlands of Scotland, but for simple beauty, Cape Breton outrivals them all!
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Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work at hand. The sun's rays do not burn until brought to a focus.
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