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" I start where the last man left off. "

Thomas A. Edison

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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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" 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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" His genius he was quite content in one brief sentence to define; Of inspiration one percent, of perspiration, ninety nine. "

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" Nearly every man who develops an idea works it up to the point where it looks impossible, and then he gets discouraged. That's not the place to become discouraged. "

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" There is no substitute for hard work. "

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