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I start where the last man left off. What the mind of man can conceive and believe, the mind of a man can achieve.
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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The endeavor to change universal power by selfish supplication I do not believe in.
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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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Of the 200 light bulbs that didn't work, every failure told me something that I was able to incorporate into the next attempt.
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I am 67, but I'm not too old to make a fresh start.
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I remember that I was never able to get along at school. I was at the foot of the class.
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Until man duplicates a blade of grass, nature can laugh at his so-called scientific knowledge. Remedies from chemicals will never stand in favor compared with the products of nature, the living cell of the plant, the final result of the rays of the sun, the mother of all life.
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There is no limit to which a man will not go to avoid thinking.
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Restlessness is discontent and discontent is the first necessity of progress. Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure.
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When I have fully decided that a result is worth getting I go ahead of it and make trial after trial until it comes.
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The three things that are most essential to achievement are common sense, hard work and stick-to-it-iv-ness.
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I believe that the science of chemistry alone almost proves the existence of an intelligent creator.
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There seems to be no limit to which some men will go to avoid the labor of thinking. Thinking is hard work.
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The doctor of the future will give no medication, but will interest his patients in the care of the human frame, diet and in the cause and prevention of disease. ~
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