Thomas A. Edison Quotes
It is very different to make a practical system and to introduce it. A few experiments in the laboratory would prove the practicability of system long before it could be brought into general use. You can take a pipe and put a little coal in it, close it up, heat it and light the gas that comes out of the stem, but that is not introducing gas lighting. I'll bet that if it were discovered to-morrow in New York that gas could be made out of coal it would be at least five years before the system would be in general use.
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They might in the future more than ever before engage in hunting beavers.
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I'm starting to find my own style.
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We who officially value freedom of speech above life itself seem to have nothing to talk about but the weather.
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I would describe my dancing talents as incredibly deep.
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There is an infinite difference between a little wrong and just right, between fairly good and the best, between mediocrity and superiority.
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Unfortunately, overall, movies are a conglomerate. People buy and sell people in this business, which can get really ugly.
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I certainly have played women who have a pioneer spirit and longing for adventure.
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The trial of a case is a three-legged stool - a judge and two advocates.
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Though I am fascinated by knowledge, I am even more fascinated by wisdom.
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I love Ray Mears. He's brilliant. He's so rude about me in the press, it's outrageous!
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There is no breakthrough without a breakdown.
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I think black Americans expect too much from individual black Americans in terms of changing the status quo.
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It is very different to make a practical system and to introduce it. A few experiments in the laboratory would prove the practicability of system long before it could be brought into general use. You can take a pipe and put a little coal in it, close it up, heat it and light the gas that comes out of the stem, but that is not introducing gas lighting. I'll bet that if it were discovered to-morrow in New York that gas could be made out of coal it would be at least five years before the system would be in general use.
