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People are not remembered by how few times they fail, but by how often they succeed. Every wrong step is another step forward
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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I have not failed. I have successfully discovered 1200 ideas that don't work.
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I am proud of the fact that I never invented weapons to kill.
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