“It is astonishing what an effort it seems to be for many people to put their brains definitely and systematically to work.”
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Thomas A. Edison
“The first requisite for success is the ability to apply your physical and mental energies to one problem incessantly without growing weary.”
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Thomas A. Edison
“I find out what the world needs. Then I go ahead and try to invent it”
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Thomas A. Edison
“I have friends in overalls whose friendship I would not swap for the favor of the kings of the world.”
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Thomas A. Edison
“There are no rules here -- we're trying to accomplish something.”
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Thomas A. Edison
“We often miss opportunity because it's dressed in overalls and looks like work”
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Thomas A. Edison
“Five percent of the people think;
ten percent of the people think they think;
and the other eighty-five percent would rather die than think.”
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Thomas A. Edison