Thomas A. Edison Quotes
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.
Quotes to Explore
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The pressure suit helps if something goes wrong during launch or re-entry - astronauts have a way to parachute off the shuttle. The suits protect you from loss of pressure in case of emergency.
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As wild as I was, when the cops show up, and suddenly you're being handcuffed, it's so deeply shocking and terrifying, the loss of freedom.
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Popping broad beans out of their skins can be therapeutic, but it isn't everybody's favourite waste of time.
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Some things are better than sex, and some are worse, but there's nothing exactly like it.
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Someone told me just recently that poets are eulogists. It's their job, to eulogize. I didn't know that, but it makes sense. Because in almost every poem of mine there is a loss.
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City government can and must help San Franciscans prepare for emergencies in order to avoid tragedy where possible and minimize loss of life and property when emergencies occur.
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I had two experiences with very close friends of mine who experienced aphasia, the loss of language. It shocked me.
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There are so few stories being produced that are human. I suffer with the loss of that. I feel kind of out of place, even though I've continued to work.
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There is no better than adversity. Every defeat, every heartbreak, every loss, contains its own seed, its own lesson on how to improve your performance the next time.
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If I cry, it's about the personal loss of a friend or something like that. But when it comes to politics - no, I don't cry.
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Having to respond to things that are made up or untrue tends to be a waste of time.
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Myths are a waste of time. They prevent progression.
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When someone fears losing your affection, he or she will strive to keep it. Perhaps you have strived to keep someone's affection, too. Fear of loss is not love.
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Whenever we take away the liberties of those whom we hate we are opening the way to loss of liberty for those we love.
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It would be flattering to call it a modern Dirty Harry, but I think this film deals more with the loss of his wife than the traditional revenge vigilante films.
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There is no need to do any housework at all. After the first four years the dirt doesn't get any worse.
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If you value your wins and you value what you've done over the course of your career, then you wouldn't want people harboring over a loss, even though you fought extremely well.
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I credit Google for having the foresight to identify threats to its main business of selling advertising against search results. The potential loss of market share in the mobile space led them to the Android acquisition.
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The worse a person is the less he feels it.
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The cross stands as the final symbol that no evil exists that God cannot turn into a blessing. He is the living Alchemist who can take the dregs from the slag-heaps of life - disappointment, frustration, sorrow, disease, death, economic loss, heartache - and transform the dregs into gold.
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I could have melted ice, my smile was so bright.
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People sometimes forget how important Broadway is as a place for young actors to grow.
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Students are often in no position to judge 'relevance' until long after the fact.
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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.
