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I would rather have one man with enthusiasm working with me than ten who are complacent.
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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Direct thought is not an attribute of feminity. In this, women are now centuries behind man.
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Waste is worse than loss. The time is coming when every person who lays claim to ability will keep the question of waste before him constantly. The scope of thrift is limitless.
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I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 foundations and individual donors whose priorities don't align with my organization's.
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Results! Why, man, I have gotten a lot of results. I know several thousand things that won't work.
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There is much more opportunity than there are people to see it.
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