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A man, as a general rule, owes very little to what he is born with - a man is what he makes of himself.
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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Neither the Army nor the Navy is of any protection, or very little protection, against aerial raids.
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There cannot be mental atrophy in any person who continues to observe, to remember what he observes, and to seek answers for his unceasing hows and whys about things.
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Washington is no place in which to carry out inventions
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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.
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Grand telegraphic discovery today … Transmitted vocal sounds for the first time ... With some further modification I hope we may be enabled to distinguish … the “timbre” of the sound. Should this be so, conversation viva voce by telegraph will be a fait accompli.
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God has strewn our paths with wonders and we certainly should not go through life with our eyes shut
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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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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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The most successful men in the end are those whose success is the result of steady accretion.
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The telephone will be used to inform people that a telegram has been sent.
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Man is an animal which, alone among the animals, refuses to be satisfied by the fulfillment of animal desires.
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Leave the beaten track behind occasionally and dive into the woods. Every time you do you will be certain to find something you have never seen before.
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The only difference between success and failure is the ability to take action.
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