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A diamond is a piece of coal that stuck to the job
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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A failure teaches you that something can't be done-that way.
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I did not fail two thousand times. I merely found two thousand ways not to make a lightbulb.
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A lawsuit is the suicide of time.
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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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A good idea is never lost. Even though its originator or possessor may die, it will someday be reborn in the mind of another.
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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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