Thomas A. Edison Quotes
The three great essentials to achieve anything worth while are: Hard work, Stick-to-itiveness, and Common sense.
Quotes to Explore
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I guess hip-hop has been closer to the pulse of the streets than any music we've had in a long time. It's sociology as well as music, which is in keeping with the tradition of black music in America.
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Yanukovych has changed everything in Ukrainian jails - real criminals have been released, while representatives of the middle class and politically rebellious free-minded people have filled the prisons.
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I have an iPod, but I put my music in it from my CDs, and then I have that CD in my library.
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It is not easy to get parts in mainstream films for most people of color. Hollywood and British writers are not writing parts for us, or the directors are not interested in casting us in parts that are color-blind.
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It's not the situation, but whether we react negative or respond positive to the situation that is important.
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Please know that being 80 is not a scary thing. When you're 80, your life is much freer.
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So when I'm working out I do things extreme.
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One thing I've learned now is that I should not say when a book is coming out until I'm sure I know.
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The biggest misconception about me is the bad-boy image that everyone stuck me into due to my tattoos, drug days and the constant changes I make with my hair color.
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To be under occupation, to be under siege, is not a good inspiration for poetry.
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While I have never been more excited about SecondMarket, I have chosen to move on from day-to-day management of the private company/fund business so that I can focus 100% of my energy on our digital currency business.
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I have suffered as much as Martin Luther King. Only I didn't get the bullet. And I would have taken the bullet if I could have.
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I've always written about heroes and wondered who they are.
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We can't go all over the world killing people because we disagree with them.
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You can be arrested and not charged. You can be arrested and have no right to counsel.
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No doubt about it. For every player. Thursday nights are very tough for us because it is a short turnaround.
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When it comes to memoir, we want to catch the author in a lie. When we read fiction, we want to catch the author telling the truth.
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You show me a capitalist, and I'll show you a bloodsucker.
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Never leave the site of a goal without first taking some form of positive action towards its attainment. Right now, take a moment to define the first steps you must take to achieve some goal. What can you do today to move forward?
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Throughout my life, I have held the strongest belief that if you write down what you want to accomplish in your life: your dreams, goals, hopes and aspirations, you are much more likely to achieve them. I have been writing down my goals since I was a kid, and I've had more success than I could have ever dreamed of... one goal at a time.
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If life is worth living then it's worth recording.
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Once I'm in a situation where I can not do anything for three years and go off the map, I'll focus more on writing. Right now, I want to just make Flume awesome... and big.
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The three great essentials to achieve anything worth while are: Hard work, Stick-to-itiveness, and Common sense.
