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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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A genius is a talented person who does his homework.
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I cannot believe in the immortality of the soul. No, all this talk of an existence for us, as individuals, beyond the grave is wrong. It is born of our tenacity of life - our desire to go on living - our dread of coming to an end.
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A failure teaches you that something can't be done-that way.
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The successful person makes a habit of doing what the failing person doesn't like to do.
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The value of a good idea is in using it.
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Friendship is the heaven of life.
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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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My main purpose in life is to make money so I can afford to go on creating more inventions.
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Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration.
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There cannot be overproduction of anything which men and women want. And their wants are unlimited, except by the size of their stomachs.
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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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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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I find out what the world needs. Then I go ahead and try to invent it
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I think that Ingersoll had all the attributes of a perfect man, and, in my opinion, no finer personality ever existed. Judging from the past, I cannot help thinking that the intention of the Supreme Intelligence that rules the world is to ultimately make such a type of man universal.
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