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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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Everyone steals in commerce and industry. I've stolen a lot, myself. But I know how to steal! They don't know how to steal!
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I am proud of the fact that I never invented weapons to kill.
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Mr. Edison worked endlessly on a problem, using the method of elimination. If a person asked him if he were discouraged because so many attempts proved unavailing, he would say, No, I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward..
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If I could solve all the problems myself, I would.
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The biggest failure of man is that he gives up before he realizes how close he was to success.
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The doctor of the future will give no medication, but will interest his patients in the care of the human frame, diet and in the cause and prevention of disease. ~
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Genius? Nothing! Sticking to it is the genius! ... I've failed my way to success.
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Because I readily absorb ideas from every source - frequently starting where the last person left off - I never pick up an item without thinking of how I might improve it.
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The first requisite for success is to develop the ability to focus.
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To have a great idea, have a lot of them.
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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 money one gets for selling one's soul is always spent in deadening one's conscience, so the net gain at the end of a lifetime is no greater than if the diabolic bargain had not been struck.
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There seems to be no limit to which some men will go to avoid the labor of thinking. Thinking is hard work.
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My mother was the making of me. She was so true and so sure of me, I felt that I had someone to live for - someone I must not disappoint. The memory of my mother will always be a blessing to me.
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I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 foundations and individual donors whose priorities don't align with my organization's.
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Nobody knows whether our personalities pass on to another existence or sphere, but if we can evolve an instrument so delicate to be manipulated by our personality as it survives in the next life such an instrument ought to record something.
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Large portions of life's disappointments are individuals who did not understand that they were so near achievement when they surrendered.
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To get a great idea, come up with lots of them.
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The best thinking has been done in solitude. The worst has been done in turmoil.
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If I had not had so much ambition and not tried to do so many things, I probably would have been happier, but less useful.
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