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Until man duplicates a blade of grass, nature can laugh at his so called scientific knowledge.
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 did not fail two thousand times. I merely found two thousand ways not to make a lightbulb.
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We haven't failed. We now know a thousand things that won't work, so we are much closer to finding what will.
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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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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 thing I lose patience with the most is the clock. Its hands move too fast
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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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I have always consistently opposed high-tension and alternating systems of electric lighting...not only on account of danger, but because of their general unreliability and unsuitability for any general system of distribution.
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