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American

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Americans of the United States

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is a community made up of its innumerable cells or inhabitants.

The body is a community made up of its innumerable cells or inhabitants. Thomas A. Edison

Being busy does not always mean real work. (Thomas Edison)

Show me a completely contented person and I'll show you a failure. Thomas A. Edison

is a piece of coal that stuck to the job.

A diamond is a piece of coal that stuck to the job Thomas A. Edison

is of great value in that all our mistakes are burned up in it, and we can start anew.

There is great value in disaster. All our mistakes are burned up. Thank God we can start a new. Thomas A. Edison

Seeming to do is not doing. Thomas A. Edison

is mere delusion when it is without vision.

Having a vision for what you want is not enough. . . Vision without execution is delusion. Thomas A. Edison

is necessary such that it can be said that we must 'fail our way to success'.

I failed my way to success. Thomas A. Edison

is nothing other than having successfully eliminated another wrong option.

Each time you fail, you have eliminated another wrong option. Thomas A. Edison

is quite often simply one who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.

Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up. Thomas A. Edison

is success. I have not failed, i've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.

I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work. Thomas Edison.

is always a lesson learned about one's strategy.

Every failure is a lesson learned about your strategy. Thomas A. Edison

is one who calls wise men fools. A wise man never calls any man a fool.

Fools call wise men fools. A wise man never calls any man a fool. Thomas A. Edison

is a talented person who does his homework.

A genius is a talented person who does his homework. Thomas A. Edison

is not inspired. Inspiration is perspiration.

Genius is not inspired. Inspiration is perspiration. Thomas A. Edison

is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.

Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration. Thomas A. Edison

An idea is something that won't work unless you do. Thomas A. Edison

is an attitude of never picking up an item without thinking of how to improve it in terms of the service it might give others.

I never pick up an item without thinking of how I might improve it. I never perfected an invention that I did not think about in terms of the service it might give others. I want to save and advance human life, not destroy it. I am proud of the fact that I never invented weapons to kill. The dove is my emblem. Thomas A. Edison

is largely composed of the ideas of other people who never bothered to develop them.

Most of my ideas belonged to other people who never bothered to develop them. Thomas A. Edison

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