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Washington is no place in which to carry out inventions
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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Before anything else, preparation is the key to success.
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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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Neither the Army nor the Navy is of any protection, or very little protection, against aerial raids.
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Night is a more quiet time to work. It aids thought.
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Sometimes we stare so long at a door that is closing that we see too late the one that is open.
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The final result of our researches has widened the class of substances sensitive to light vibrations, until we can propound the fact of such sensitiveness being a general property of all matter.
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The day will come when the man at the telephone will be able to see the distant person to whom he is speaking.
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Man is the result of slow growth that is why he occupies the position he does in animal life. What does a pup amount to that has gained its growth in a few days or weeks, beside a man who only attains it in as many years.
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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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A man, as a general rule, owes very little to what he is born with - a man is what he makes of himself.
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There are two critical points in every aerial flight-its beginning and its end.
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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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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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Great discoveries and improvements invariably involve the cooperation of many minds.
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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 only difference between success and failure is the ability to take action.
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