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Night is a more quiet time to work. It aids thought.
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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It is the man who carefully advances step by step...who is bound to succeed in the greatest degree.
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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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The great advantage [the telephone] possesses over every other form of electrical apparatus consists in the fact that it requires no skill to operate the instrument.
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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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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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The achievement of one goal should be the starting point of another.
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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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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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Observe, Remember, Compare.
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The nation that secures control of the air will ultimately control the world.
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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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