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To my mind the old masters are not art their value is in their scarcity.
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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We are striking it big in the electric light, better than my vivid imagination first conceived. Where this thing is going to stop Lord only knows.
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The only time I really become discouraged is when I think of all the things I would like to do and the little time I have in which to do them.
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If there is a better solution... find it.
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Keep on the lookout for novel ideas that others have used successfully. Your idea has to be original only in its adaptation to the problem you're working on.
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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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Be courageous. I have seen many depressions in business. Always America has emerged from these stronger and more prosperous. Be brave as your fathers before you. Have faith! Go forward!
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