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I have not failed 10,000 times. I have succeeded in proving that those 10,000 ways will not work.
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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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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Fooling around with alternating currents is just a waste of time. Nobody will use it, ever. It's too dangerous . . . it could kill a man as quick as a bolt of lightning. Direct current is safe.
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Be courageous. I have seen many depressions in business. Always America has emerged from these stronger and more prosperous. Be brave as your fathers before you. Have faith! Go forward!
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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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Large portions of life's disappointments are individuals who did not understand that they were so near achievement when they surrendered.
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I know of over 3,000 ways [that] a light bulb does not work.
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I failed my way to success.
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It is apparent to me that the possibilities of the aeroplane, which two or three years ago were thought to hold the solution to the [flying machine] problem, have been exhausted, and that we must turn elsewhere.
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The first requisite for success is to develop the ability to focus.
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There seems to be no limit to which some men will go to avoid the labor of thinking. Thinking is hard work.
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All bibles are man-made.
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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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I have not failed. I have successfully discovered 1200 ideas that don't work.
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Show me a completely contented person and I'll show you a failure.
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I am 67, but I'm not too old to make a fresh start.
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