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When down in the mouth, remember Jonah. He came out all right.
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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Thomas A. Edison
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Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration.
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In 'Common Sense' Paine flared forth with a document so powerful that the Revolution became inevitable. Washington recognized the difference, and in his calm way said that matters never could be the same again.
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Smoking too much makes me nervous. Must lasso my natural tendency to acquire such habits. Holding heavy cigar constantly in my mouth has deformed my upper lip, it has a sort of Havana curl.
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I never perfected an invention that I did not think about in terms of the service it might give others... I find out what the world needs, then I proceed to invent.
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It is a terrible situation when the Government, to insure the National Wealth, must go in debt and submit to ruinous interest charges, at the hands of men, who control the fictitious value of gold. Interest is the invention of Satan.
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A diamond is a piece of coal that stuck to the job
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Having a vision for what you want is not enough...Vision without execution is hallucination
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Consider data without prejudice.
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I do not believe any type of religion should ever be introduced into the public schools of the United States.
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From his neck down a man is worth a couple of dollars a day, from his neck up he is worth anything that his brain can produce.
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Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration. As a result, a genius is often a talented person who has simply done all of his homework.
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Large portions of life's disappointments are individuals who did not understand that they were so near achievement when they surrendered.
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My main purpose in life is to make money so I can afford to go on creating more inventions.
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I never did anything by accident, nor did any of my inventions come by accident they came by work.
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There is no limit to which a man will not go to avoid thinking.
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