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An idea is something that won't work unless you do.
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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In 'Common Sense' Paine flared forth with a document so powerful that the Revolution became inevitable. Washington recognized the difference, and in his calm way said that matters never could be the same again.
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Fools call wise men fools. A wise man never calls any man a fool.
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Success is the product of the severest kind of mental and physical application.
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I am both pleased but astonished by the fact that mankind has not yet begun to use all the means and devices that are available for destruction. I hope that such weapons are never manufactured in quantity.
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The endeavor to change universal power by selfish supplication I do not believe in.
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I have not failed. I have successfully discovered 1200 ideas that don't 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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Invention is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration
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Work while others are wishing.
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I never view mistakes as failures. They are simply opportunities to find out what doesn't work.
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When there's no experimenting there's no progress. Stop experimenting and you go backward. If anything goes wrong, experiment until you get to the very bottom of the trouble.
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Non-violence leads to the highest ethics, which is the goal of all evolution. Until we stop harming all other living beings, we are still savages.
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Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration.
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