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I am equally proud of my Serbian origin and my Croatian fatherland.

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Nikola Tesla
Age: 86 †
Born: 1856
Born: July 10
Died: 1943
Died: January 7
Electrical Engineer
Inventor
Mechanical Engineer
Physicist
Szmilján
Nicola Tesla
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Be alone, that is the secret of invention be alone, that is when ideas are born.
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I do not think you can name many great inventions that have been made by married men.
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Woman will ignore precedent and startle civilization with their progress.
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Our senses enable us to perceive only a minute portion of the outside world.
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Though we may never be able to comprehend human life, we know certainly that it is a movement, of whatever nature it be. The existence of movement unavoidably implies a body which is being moved and a force which is moving it. Hence, wherever there is life, there is a mass moved by a force. All mass possesses inertia all force tends to persist
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There is something within me that might be illusion as it is often case with young delighted people, but if I would be fortunate to achieve some of my ideals, it would be on the behalf of the whole of humanity. If those hopes would become fulfilled, the most exciting thought would be that it is a deed of a Serb.
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My ear barely caught signals coming in regular succession which could not have been produced on earth.
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But I hope that it will also be demonstrated soon that in my experiments in the West I was not merely beholding a vision, but had caught sight of a great and profound truth.
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I am trying to awake the energy contained in the air. These are the main sources of energy. What is considered as empty space is just a manifestation of matter that is not awakened.
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There is no energy in matter other than that received from the environment
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The mind is sharper and keener in seclusion and uninterrupted solitude. Originality thrives in seclusion free of outside influences beating upon us to cripple the creative mind. Be alone-that is the secret of invention: be alone, that is when ideas are born.
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Sometimes I feel that by not marrying, I made too great a sacrifice to my work.
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Of all things I liked books best. My father had a large library and whenever I could manage I tried to satisfy my passion for reading.
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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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Every living being is an engine geared to the wheel-work of the universe.
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Originality thrives in seclusion free of outside influences
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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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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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