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To get a great idea, come up with lots of them.
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 never view mistakes as failures. They are simply opportunities to find out what doesn't work.
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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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The three great essentials to achieve anything worth while are: Hard work, Stick-to-itiveness, and Common sense.
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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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Whatever the mind of man creates, should be controlled by man's character.
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Invention is 10% inspiration and 90% perspiration.
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When you become quiet, it just dawns on you
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People who will not turn a shovel full of dirt on the project (Muscle Shoals Dam) nor contribute a pound of material, will collect more money from the United States than will the People who supply all the material and do all the work. This is the terrible thing about interest.
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Until man duplicates a blade of grass, nature can laugh at his so-called scientific knowledge. Remedies from chemicals will never stand in favor compared with the products of nature, the living cell of the plant, the final result of the rays of the sun, the mother of all life.
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The strength of the Constitution, lies in the will of the people to defend it.
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When down in the mouth, remember Jonah. He came out all right.
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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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I'll try anything...I'll even try Limburger cheese!
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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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We will make electricity so cheap that only the rich will burn candles.
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The first requisite for success is to develop the ability to focus and apply your mental and physical energies to the problem at hand - without growing weary. Because such thinking is often difficult, there seems to be no limit to which some people will go to avoid the effort and labor that is associated with it.
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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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Because ideas have to be original only with regard to their adaptation to the problem at hand, I am always extremely interested in how others have used used them.
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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 man who doesn’t make up his mind to cultivate the habit of thinking misses the greatest pleasure in life.
Thomas A. Edison
