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Anti-social behavior is a trait of intelligence in a world full of conformists.

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Nikola Tesla
Age: 86 †
Born: 1856
Born: July 10
Died: 1943
Died: January 7
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Mechanical Engineer
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If you want to find the secrets of the universe, think in terms of energy, frequency and vibration.
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When wireless is fully applied the earth will be converted into a huge brain, capable of response in every one of its parts.
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Originality thrives in seclusion free of outside influences
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We all make mistakes, and it is better to make them before we begin.
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Marconi is a good fellow. Let him continue. He is using seventeen of my patents.
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Inventors don't have time for married life.
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With ideas it is like with dizzy heights you climb: At first they cause you discomfort and you are anxious to get down, distrustful of your own powers but soon the remoteness of the turmoil of life and the inspiring influence of the altitude calm your blood your step gets firm and sure and you begin to look - for dizzier heights.
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Be alone, that is the secret of invention be alone, that is when ideas are born.
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Of all the frictional resistances, the one that most retards human movement is ignorance, what Buddha called 'the greatest evil in the world.' The friction which results from ignorance ... can be reduced only by the spread of knowledge and the unification of the heterogeneous elements of humanity. No effort could be better spent.
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From childhood I was compelled to concentrate attention upon myself. This caused me much suffering, but to my present view, it was a blessing in disguise for it has taught me to appreciate the inestimable value of introspection in the preservation of life, as well as a means of achievement.
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It has cost me years of thought to arrive at certain results, by many believed to be unattainable, for which there are now numerous claimants, and the number of these is rapidly increasing, like that of the colonels in the South after the war.
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Every effort under compulsion demands a sacrifice of energy. I never paid such a price.
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Science is but a perversion of itself unless it has as its ultimate goal the betterment of humanity.
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An inventor's endeavor is essentially lifesaving. Whether he harnesses forces, improves devices, or provides new comforts and conveniences, he is adding to the safety of our existence. He is also better qualified than the average individual to protect himself in peril, for he is observant and resourceful.
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The idea of atomic energy is illusionary but it has taken so powerful a hold on the minds, that although I have preached against it for twenty-five years, there are still some who believe it to be realizable.
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Our virtues and our failings are inseparable, like force and matter. When they separate, man is no more.
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I am even grateful to Einstein and others because through their erroneous theories they lead mankind away from that dangerous path I followed.
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Electric power is everywhere present in unlimited quantities and can drive the world's machinery without the need of coal, oil, gas, or any other of the common fuels.
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Every living being is an engine geared to the wheel-work of the universe.
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