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Genius? Nothing! Sticking to it is the genius! ... I've failed my way to success.
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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I have not failed 10,000 times. I have succeeded in proving that those 10,000 ways will not work.
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Surprises and reverses can serve as an incentive for great accomplishment. There are no rules here, we're just trying to accomplish something.
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Fish seem to be rather conservative around this bay, one seldom catches enough to form the fundamental basis for a lie. Dante left out one of the torments of Hades I could imagine a doomed mortal made to untangle wet fish lines forever. Everybody lost patience at the stupidity of the fish in not coming forward promptly to be murdered.
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I believe that the science of chemistry alone almost proves the existence of an intelligent creator.
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Just because something doesn't do what you planned it to do doesn't mean it's useless.
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Inspiration can be found in a pile of junk. Sometimes, you can put it together with a good imagination and invent something.
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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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None of my inventions came by accident. I see a worthwhile need to be met and I make trial after trial until it comes. What it boils down to is one per cent inspiration and ninety-nine per cent perspiration.
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