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Most of my ideas belonged to other people who never bothered to develop 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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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 am so deaf I am debarred from hearing all the time articulation and have to depend on the judgment of others.
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From his neck down a man is worth a couple of dollars a day, from his neck up he is worth anything that his brain can produce.
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One might think that the money value of an invention constitutes its reward to the man who loves his work. But... I continue to find my greatest pleasure, and so my reward, in the work that precedes what the world calls success.
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Perhaps dandruff is the excreta of the mind the quantity of this material being directly proportional to the amount of reading one indulges in. A book on German metaphysics would thus easily ruin a dress suit.
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Mr. Edison worked endlessly on a problem, using the method of elimination. If a person asked him if he were discouraged because so many attempts proved unavailing, he would say, No, I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward..
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