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I never did a day's work in my life, it was all fun.
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 have not failed 10,000 times. I have succeeded in proving that those 10,000 ways will not work.
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Fools call wise men fools. A wise man never calls any man a fool.
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Sleep is like a drug. Take too much at a time and it makes you dopey. You lose time and opportunities.
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There's a way to do it better - find it.
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Nothing that's good works by itself, you've got to make the damn thing work.
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The only thing I use my body for is to carry my brain around.
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The doctor of the future will no longer treat the human frame with drugs, but rather will cure and prevent disease with nutrition.
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Being busy does not always mean real work.
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The greatest discoveries will be along spiritual lines. This is the field where miracles are going to happen. Spiritual power is the greatest underdeveloped power and has the greatest future.
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The man who doesn’t make up his mind to cultivate the habit of thinking misses the greatest pleasure in life.
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I didn't fail 1000 times. The light bulb was an invention with 1000 steps.
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My success is due more to my ability to work continuously on one thing without stopping than to any other single quality.
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I never perfected an invention that I did not think about in terms of the service it might give others... I find out what the world needs, then I proceed to invent.
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When you become quiet, it just dawns on you
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A diamond is a piece of coal that stuck to the job
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Never Say I Failed 99 Times, Say I Discovered 99 Ways Which Causes Failure!
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Because ideas have to be original only with regard to their adaptation to the problem at hand, I am always extremely interested in how others have used used them.
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I'll try anything...I'll even try Limburger cheese!
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Results? Why, man, I have gotten lots of results! If I find 10,000 ways something won't work, I haven't failed. I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is often a step forward.
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