"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work."
-Thomas A. Edison
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"Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.“
-Thomas A. Edison
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"The three great essentials to achieve anything worth while are: Hard work, Stick-to-itiveness, and Common sense."
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"To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk."
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"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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"I have friends in overalls whose friendship I would not swap for the favor of the kings of the world."
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"There is no substitute for hard work."
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