"I have not failed 700 times. I have……" — Thomas A. Edison
"I have not failed 700 times. I have not failed once. I have succeeded in proving that those 700 ways will not work. When I have eliminated the ways that will not work, I will find the way that will work."
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279 Quotes by Thomas A. Edison
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