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Invention is 10% inspiration and 90% perspiration.
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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Whatever the mind of man creates, should be controlled by man's character.
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His genius he was quite content in one brief sentence to define Of inspiration one percent, of perspiration, ninety nine.
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