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A genius is a talented person who does his homework.
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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When down in the mouth, remember Jonah. He came out all right.
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As a cure for worrying, work is far better than whiskey. I always found that, if I began to worry, the best thing I could do was focus upon doing something useful and then work very hard at it. Soon, I would forget what was troubling me.
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I have had a lot of success with failure
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I never did a day's work in my life, it was all fun.
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