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Thomas A. Edison
Age: 84 †
Born: 1847
Born: February 11
Died: 1931
Died: October 18
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I didn't fail 1000 times. The light bulb was an invention with 1000 steps.
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A lawsuit is the suicide of time.
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Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration. As a result, a genius is often a talented person who has simply done all of his homework.
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Success depends on how many experiments you can fit into 24 hours
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The first requisite of success is the ability to apply your physical and mental energies to one problem without growing weary.
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My main purpose in life is to make money so I can afford to go on creating more inventions.
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Negative results are just what I want. They’re just as valuable to me as positive results. I can never find the thing that does the job best until I find the ones that don’t.
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Having a vision for what you want is not enough...Vision without execution is hallucination
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Genius? Nothing! Sticking to it is the genius! Any other bright-minded fellow can accomplish just as much if he will stick like hell and remember nothing that's any good works by itself. You've got to make the damn thing work!...I failed my way to success.
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The three things that are most essential to achievement are common sense, hard work and stick-to-it-iv-ness.
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As Danand Ian over at the Lifestyle Business Podcast say: Rush to failure.
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The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will involve the patient in the proper use of food, fresh air and exercise
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I'll try anything...I'll even try Limburger cheese!
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I was always afraid of things that worked the first time. Long experience proved that there were great drawbacks found generally before they could be got commercial but here was something there was no doubt of.
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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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A man’s best friend is a good wife.
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I believe that the science of chemistry alone almost proves the existence of an intelligent creator.
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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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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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I never did anything worth doing entirely by accident. . . Almost none of my inventions came about totally by accident. They were achieved by having trained myself to endure and tolerate hard work.
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