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What a man's mind can create, man's character can control.

~Thomas A. Edison

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I know this world is ruled by infinite intelligence. Everything that surrounds us- everything that exists - proves that there are infinite laws behind it. There can be no denying this fact. It is mathematical in its precision.

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We don't know a millionth of one percent about anything.

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I start where the last man left off.

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When I have fully decided that a result is worth getting I go ahead of it and make trial after trial until it comes.

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One might think that the money value of an invention constitutes its reward to the man who loves his work. But... I continue to find my greatest pleasure, and so my reward, in the work that precedes what the world calls success.

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To my mind the old masters are not art; their value is in their scarcity.

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I am proud of the fact that I never invented weapons to kill.

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His genius he was quite content in one brief sentence to define; Of inspiration one percent, of perspiration, ninety nine.

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They say President Wilson has blundered. Perhaps he has, but I notice he usually blunders forward.

~Thomas A. Edison

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Inventor

Born: February 11th, 1847

Died: October 18th, 1931

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