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Friendship is the heaven of life.
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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Thomas A. Edison
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I find out what the world needs. Then I go ahead and try to invent it
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Restlessness is discontent and discontent is the first necessity of progress. Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure.
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I never perfected an invention that I did not think about in terms of the service it might give others... I find out what the world needs, then I proceed to invent.
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Genius? Nothing! Sticking to it is the genius! ... I've failed my way to success.
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When I have eliminated the ways that will not work, I will find the way that will work.
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I didn't fail 1000 times. The light bulb was an invention with 1000 steps.
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To have a great idea, have a lot of them.
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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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One might think that the money value of an invention constitutes its reward to the man who loves his work. But... I continue to find my greatest pleasure, and so my reward, in the work that precedes what the world calls success.
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I am a vegetarian as well as a passionate anti-alcoholic, because I can thus make better use of my brain.
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We haven't failed. We now know a thousand things that won't work, so we are much closer to finding what will.
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I was always afraid of things that worked the first time. Long experience proved that there were great drawbacks found generally before they could be got commercial but here was something there was no doubt of.
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I know this world is ruled by infinite intelligence. Everything that surrounds us- everything that exists - proves that there are infinite laws behind it. There can be no denying this fact. It is mathematical in its precision.
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The reason a lot of people do not recognize opportunity is because it usually goes around wearing overalls looking like hard work.
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This problem, once solved, will be simple.
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If I could solve all the problems myself, I would.
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