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I believe in the existence of a Supreme Intelligence pervading the Universe.
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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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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If I could solve all the problems myself, I would.
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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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The endeavor to change universal power by selfish supplication I do not believe in.
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