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Thomas Alva Edison Quotes

«The perils of overwork are slight compared with the dangers of inactivity»
«The first step is an intuition and it comes with a burst, then difficulties arise - this thing gives out and then that - 'Bugs' - as such little faults and difficulties are called - show themselves, and months of intense watching, study and labor ar»
«I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.»
«Maturity is often more absurd than youth and very frequently is most unjust to youth»
«If we all did the things we are capable of, we would astound ourselves»
«Our greatest weakness lies in giving up.»
Author: Thomas Alva Edison (Inventor) | Keywords: giving up
«The chief function of the body is to carry the brain around»
«It is astonishing what an effort it seems to be for many people to put their brains definitely and systematically to work.»
«What man's mind can create, man's character can control.»
«Results! Why man, I have gotten a lot of results. I know several thousand things that won't work»
Author: Thomas Alva Edison (Inventor) | Keywords: gotten, several

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