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Accomplishing something provides the only real satisfaction in life.
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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Ohio
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To my mind the old masters are not art their value is in their scarcity.
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