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Seeming to do is not doing.
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 am proud of the fact that I never invented weapons to kill.
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Fooling around with alternating currents is just a waste of time. Nobody will use it, ever. It's too dangerous . . . it could kill a man as quick as a bolt of lightning. Direct current is safe.
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The perils of overwork are slight compared with the dangers of inactivity.
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We are striking it big in the electric light, better than my vivid imagination first conceived. Where this thing is going to stop Lord only knows.
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The only thing I use my body for is to carry my brain around.
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I will not say I failed 1000 times, I will say that I discovered there are 1000 ways that can cause failure
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Success depends on how many experiments you can fit into 24 hours
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I believe in the existence of a Supreme Intelligence pervading the Universe.
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Focus on how the end-user customers perceive the impact of your innovation - rather than on how you, the innovators, perceive it.
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Perhaps dandruff is the excreta of the mind the quantity of this material being directly proportional to the amount of reading one indulges in. A book on German metaphysics would thus easily ruin a dress suit.
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Having a vision for what you want is not enough...Vision without execution is hallucination
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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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I didn't fail 1000 times. The light bulb was an invention with 1000 steps.
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The strength of the Constitution, lies in the will of the people to defend it.
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This problem, once solved, will be simple.
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