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Thomas A. Edison


American
February 11, 1847
Inventor
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Religion is all bunk.


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There is no substitute for hard work.


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The best thinking has been done in solitude. The worst has been done in turmoil.


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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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The three great essentials to achieve anything worth while are: Hard work, Stick-to-itiveness, and Common sense.
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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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The reason a lot of people do not recognize opportunity is because it usually goes around wearing overalls looking like hard work.
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Non-violence leads to the highest ethics, which is the goal of all evolution. Until we stop harming all other living beings, we are still savages.
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Waste is worse than loss. The time is coming when every person who lays claim to ability will keep the question of waste before him constantly. The scope of thrift is limitless.
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Being busy does not always mean real work. The object of all work is production or accomplishment and to either of these ends there must be forethought, system, planning, intelligence, and honest purpose, as well as perspiration. Seeming to do is not doing.
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