Thomas A. Edison Quotes
Results? Why, man, I have gotten lots of results! If I find 10,000 ways something won't work, I haven't failed. I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is often a step forward.
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There is nothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries than an agreement.
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In fact, from then on scholars engaged in a kind of game of comparing different Indo-European languages with one another, and eventually they could not fail to wonder what exactly these connections showed, and how they should be interpreted in concrete terms.
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I am flirtatious by nature, but I have never hurt anyone.
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I've stammered all my life, and it's fair to say that my stammer has shaped my life. It's made me make some decisions that I'm sure I wouldn't have if I didn't suffer with this affliction.
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When the simple word processors came in, writing became crisper, less dense - just because of the way we could instantly edit on the screen. Now the ability to mash up words and pictures and links and songs and tweets is what matters. I can't imagine what writing will be like in 2154.
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My emergence has been slow and steady, I would say. I think I've improved every single year. I keep getting better; I keep getting fitter, sharper - and I'm not stopping.
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If I could look like anyone, it would be Jamie Redknapp - even up close, he's amazing.
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I know having a Jason Bourne all alone in a field firing at bad guys is much more dramatic, but it's not real.
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I love CNN. I love the Cartoon Network. I mean, I thought these things up.
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I have always noticed that a man who gives the most for the money, gets the most business.
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If I had the use of my body, I would throw it out the window.
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However, it does seem now that the international community, more importantly the powers that have influence, and, even more importantly, Afghanistan's neighbors realize that it is high time that they work together, and not against one another.
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When you cease to dream you cease to live.
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The first complaint we hear from everyone is: 'Why would I want to join this stupid useless thing and know what my brother's eating for lunch?' But that really misses the point because Twitter is fundamentally recipient-controlled - you choose to listen and you choose to leave. But you also choose what to put down and what to share.
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He who prays five times a day is in the protection of God, and he who is protected by God cannot be harmed by anyone.
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I don't care about the quality of the film as a whole, but I loved 'Salt.' I loved it!
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The success of each of us benefits us all, and the success of us all benefits each of us individually.
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You cannot imagine how great it is to step out on the stage with thousands of screaming fans loving you.
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Every single time I step into the studio, I say, 'Can I still do this? Do I still have it? Have I ever had it?' I suppose there's a good amount of self-loathing that goes into any form of artisanship.
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Cause I felt I didn't have anything else to prove as a musician... and boy was I wrong about that one.
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Either Malcolm X or Martin [Luther King] could have played the role of a unifier, but it was - Malcolm as long as he remained within the Nation of Islam, talking to the converted, he did not represent a fundamental threat to the American government.
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We, too, must change as circumstances evolve.
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Results? Why, man, I have gotten lots of results! If I find 10,000 ways something won't work, I haven't failed. I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is often a step forward.
