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Just because something doesn't do what you planned it to do doesn't mean it's useless.
Thomas A. Edison
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Thomas A. Edison
Age: 84 †
Born: 1847
Born: February 11
Died: 1931
Died: October 18
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I know of over 3,000 ways [that] a light bulb does not work.
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They were not failures, they were new found ways of what does not work I can accept failure,everyonefails at something. But I can't accept not trying
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The endeavor to change universal power by selfish supplication I do not believe in.
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Direct thought is not an attribute of feminity. In this, women are now centuries behind man.
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Unfortunately, there seems to be far more opportunity out there than ability.... We should remember that good fortune often happens when opportunity meets with preparation.
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The value of a good idea is in using it.
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The perils of overwork are slight compared with the dangers of inactivity.
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I will not say I failed 1000 times, I will say that I discovered there are 1000 ways that can cause failure
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