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Thomas A. Edison Quotes: Genius defined: of inspiration 1% percent, of perspiration, 99%.
         

Genius defined: of inspiration 1% percent, of perspiration, 99%.


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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.



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Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.



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Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.



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



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Tomorrow Is My Exam But I Don’t Care Because A Single Sheet Of Paper Can’t Decide My Future



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The successful person makes a habit of doing what the failing person doesn't like to do.



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When something startlingly new comes up, young people, especially, seize it. You can't complain about that. I think its heyday has passed, but it's had an effect and will continue to have an effect.



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I think we can remember our past without valorizing parts of our past that we ought to see as wrong.



In the end, history, especially British history with its succession of thrilling illuminations, should be, as all her most accomplished narrators have promised, not just instruction but pleasure.

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