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The endeavor to change universal power by selfish supplication I do not believe in.
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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The memory of my mother will always be a blessing to me.
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Direct thought is not an attribute of feminity. In this, women are now centuries behind man.
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I never did anything by accident, nor did any of my inventions come by accident they came by work.
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For faith, as well intentioned as it may be, must be built on facts, not fiction - faith in fiction is a damnable false hope.
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I start where the last man left off. What the mind of man can conceive and believe, the mind of a man can achieve.
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Of all my inventions, I liked the phonograph best
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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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Accomplishing something provides the only real satisfaction in life.
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What is a college? An institute of learning. What is a business? An institute of learning. Life, itself, is an institute of learning.
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The biggest failure of man is that he gives up before he realizes how close he was to success.
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