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" We don't know a millionth of one percent about anything. "

Thomas A. Edison

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

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" Your worth consists in what you are and not in what you have. "

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

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" They say President Wilson has blundered. Perhaps he has, but I notice he usually blunders forward. "

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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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" 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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" What you are will show in what you do. "

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