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Whatever the mind of man creates, should be controlled by man's character.
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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People who will not turn a shovel full of dirt on the project (Muscle Shoals Dam) nor contribute a pound of material, will collect more money from the United States than will the People who supply all the material and do all the work. This is the terrible thing about interest.
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I have not failed 10,000 times. I have succeeded in proving that those 10,000 ways will not work.
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The memory of my mother will always be a blessing to me.
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I am proud of the fact that I never invented weapons to kill.
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