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Thomas A. Edison
Age: 84 †
Born: 1847
Born: February 11
Died: 1931
Died: October 18
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A diamond is a piece of coal that stuck to the job
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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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Two per cent. is genius, and ninety-eight per cent. is hard work.
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The first requisite of success is the ability to apply your physical and mental energies to one problem without growing weary.
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Until man duplicates a blade of grass, nature can laugh at his so called scientific knowledge.
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Remember, life is all what you focus on. Learn lessons and keep moving forward towards your goals and dreams... I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.
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I am both pleased but astonished by the fact that mankind has not yet begun to use all the means and devices that are available for destruction. I hope that such weapons are never manufactured in quantity.
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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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The first requisite for success is to develop the ability to focus and apply your mental and physical energies to the problem at hand - without growing weary. Because such thinking is often difficult, there seems to be no limit to which some people will go to avoid the effort and labor that is associated with it.
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Being busy does not always mean real work.
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I'll try anything...I'll even try Limburger cheese!
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The memory of my mother will always be a blessing to me.
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The endeavor to change universal power by selfish supplication I do not believe in.
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I know of over 3,000 ways [that] a light bulb does not work.
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I believe in the existence of a Supreme Intelligence pervading the Universe.
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I didn’t fail ten thousand times. I successfully eliminated, ten thousand times, materials and combinations which wouldn’t work.
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Success is the product of the severest kind of mental and physical application.
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Because ideas have to be original only with regard to their adaptation to the problem at hand, I am always extremely interested in how others have used used them.
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An average American loves his family. If he has any love left over for some other person, he generally selects Mark Twain.
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Unfortunately, there seems to be far more opportunity out there than ability.... We should remember that good fortune often happens when opportunity meets with preparation.
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