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Thomas A. Edison
Age: 84 †
Born: 1847
Born: February 11
Died: 1931
Died: October 18
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There is time for everything.
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Nothing that's good works by itself, you've got to make the damn thing work.
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The trouble with most people is that they quit before they start.
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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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Let the public throw bouquets to the inventors and in time we will all be happy.
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I am quite correctly described as 'more of a sponge than an inventor....'
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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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I've realized that most of my best ideas have followed a good night's sleep.
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I'd put my money on the sun and solar energy. What a source of power! I hope we don't have to wait until oil and coal run out before we tackle that.
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There's a way to do it better - find it.
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When you become quiet, it just dawns on you
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The money one gets for selling one's soul is always spent in deadening one's conscience, so the net gain at the end of a lifetime is no greater than if the diabolic bargain had not been struck.
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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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As Danand Ian over at the Lifestyle Business Podcast say: Rush to failure.
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I am proud of the fact that I never invented weapons to kill.
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Having a vision for what you want is not enough...Vision without execution is hallucination
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My success is due more to my ability to work continuously on one thing without stopping than to any other single quality.
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Just because something doesn't do what you planned it to do doesn't mean it's useless.
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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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To have a great idea, have a lot of them.
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