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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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If I had not had so much ambition and not tried to do so many things, I probably would have been happier, but less useful.
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To do much clear thinking a person must arrange for regular periods of solitude when they can concentrate and indulge the imagination without distraction.
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When down in the mouth, remember Jonah. He came out all right.
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The value of a good idea is in using it.
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I do not believe any type of religion should ever be introduced into the public schools of the United States.
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Nothing that's good works by itself, you've got to make the damn thing work.
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I know of over 3,000 ways [that] a light bulb does not work.
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I never did anything worth doing entirely by accident. . . Almost none of my inventions came about totally by accident. They were achieved by having trained myself to endure and tolerate hard work.
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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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My main purpose in life is to make money so I can afford to go on creating more inventions.
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In 'Common Sense' Paine flared forth with a document so powerful that the Revolution became inevitable. Washington recognized the difference, and in his calm way said that matters never could be the same again.
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Unfortunately, there seems to be far more opportunity out there than ability.... We should remember that good fortune often happens when opportunity meets with preparation.
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I never did anything worth doing by accident, nor did any of my inventions come indirectly through accident, except the phonograph. No, when I have, fully decided that a result is worth getting, I go about it, and make trial after trial, until it comes.
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Success is the result of hard work.
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Show me a thoroughly satisfied man - and I will show you a failure.
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The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will involve the patient in the proper use of food, fresh air and exercise
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Being busy does not always mean real work.
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Success depends on how many experiments you can fit into 24 hours
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Seeming to do is not doing.
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I'll try anything...I'll even try Limburger cheese!
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