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A good idea is never lost. Even though its originator or possessor may die, it will someday be reborn in the mind of another.
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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My main purpose in life is to make enough money to create ever more inventions…. The dove is my emblem…. I want to save and advance human life, not destroy it…. I am proud of the fact that I have never invented weapons to kill….
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Results? Why, man, I have gotten lots of results! If I find 10,000 ways something won't work, I haven't failed. I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is often a step forward.
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To my mind the old masters are not art their value is in their scarcity.
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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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