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The beauty of a great idea lies in the art of using it.
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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Until man duplicates a blade of grass, nature can laugh at his so-called scientific knowledge. Remedies from chemicals will never stand in favor compared with the products of nature, the living cell of the plant, the final result of the rays of the sun, the mother of all life.
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Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.
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The only time I really become discouraged is when I think of all the things I would like to do and the little time I have in which to do them.
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Because ideas have to be original only with regard to their adaptation to the problem at hand, I am always extremely interested in how others have used used them.
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It is a terrible situation when the Government, to insure the National Wealth, must go in debt and submit to ruinous interest charges, at the hands of men, who control the fictitious value of gold. Interest is the invention of Satan.
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The memory of my mother will always be a blessing to me.
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Results! Why, man, I have gotten a lot of results. I know several thousand things that won't work.
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The money one gets for selling one's soul is always spent in deadening one's conscience, so the net gain at the end of a lifetime is no greater than if the diabolic bargain had not been struck.
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I didn't fail 1000 times. The light bulb was an invention with 1000 steps.
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Success is the product of the severest kind of mental and physical application.
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Youth doesn't take advice.
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Be courageous. I have seen many depressions in business. Always America has emerged from these stronger and more prosperous. Be brave as your fathers before you. Have faith! Go forward!
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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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The successful person makes a habit of doing what the failing person doesn't like to do.
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The perils of overwork are slight compared with the dangers of inactivity.
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My mother was the making of me. She was so true and so sure of me, I felt that I had someone to live for - someone I must not disappoint. The memory of my mother will always be a blessing to me.
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An idea is something that won't work unless you do.
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