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Thomas Edison

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[Wikipedia] Thomas Alva Edison was an American inventor and businessman known for his work on the incandescent light bulb, the phonograph, electric power distribution and early motion pictures. The merger of the Edison General Electric Company and the competitor Thomson-Houston Electric Company resulted in the

Quotes by Thomas Edison

...to quit at all is to quit too soon!

Back from the brink quotes

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“Nature is what we know. We do not know the gods of religions. And nature is not kind, or merciful, or loving.…

Atheism

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Genius is 99 percent perspiration and 1 percent inspiration

Inspiration

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“There ain’t no rules around here. We’re trying to accomplish something.”

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Genius is one per cent inspiration, ninety-nine per cent perspiration.

Employees

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If we did the things we were capable of doing we would literally astonish ourselves.

Ability

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“Nearly every person who develops an idea works at it up to the point where it looks impossible, and then gets discouraged.…

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“ He had all the attributes of a perfect man, and, in my opinion, no finer personality ever existed. {Edison's opinion of…

Admiration

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“Everybody steals in commerce and industry. I've stolen a lot myself. But I know how to steal”

Business

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Tomorrow is my exam, but I don't care. Bcoz a single sheet of paper can't decide my future.

Examination

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I have not failed. I have just found 10,000 things that do not work.

Failure

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Oppurtunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.

Opputunity

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“ Tom Paine has almost no influence on present-day thinking in the United States because he is unknown to the average citizen.…

American liberty

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Opportunity is missed by most people, because its dressed in overalls and looks like work! Thomas Edison

Children

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If we did all the things that we are capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves.

Heart touching

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