Thomas A. Edison Quotes
A teacher sent the following note home with a six-year-old boy 'He is too stupid to learn.' That boy was Thomas A. Edison.
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Not only is self-regulation largely a fantasy, but repeated scandals across multiple industries have proved that companies are fundamentally incapable of self-regulating for the greater good.
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President Bush has a track record of making the right decisions when it comes to national security.
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For me everything in the film was gradually building, becoming more emotional, so it helped. At the end of it all I was emotionally drained. At that point I took Rose's view, that this has to happen, there's nothing I can do about it.
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In India, it is difficult for a cricketer to show that he is under some kind of stress. Here, you can only retire when you don't want to play anymore, or the motivation is lacking.
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I am in love with myself, with my friends, with my family, with kids, with life and my movies.
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Virtually everything that gets printed about me is wrong anyway, so it doesn't really matter what you say.
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I'm not a collector of clothes. I've got clothes to wear.
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My life and my work are very interlocked. That's partly why I like to keep my private life private.
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There is still a funny notion that women should not write violent fiction.
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I'm convinced the fall of Aleppo will not end the war.
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Music is about the performance.
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I just butcher a book. Everything I underline I assume is important to me.
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I see many black males grasping for some thread of hope. There are so many destructive practices, glimpses into a psychic abyss. That must be very frightening.
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So never lose an opportunity of urging a practical beginning, however small, for it is wonderful how often in such matters the mustard-seed germinates and roots itself.
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Both villains and heroes need to have a steadfast belief in themselves.
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I've never been on a television show as a regular before.
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Last year people won more than one billion dollars playing poker. And casinos made twenty-seven billion just by being around those people.
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Your life story would not make a good book. Don't even try.
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Dots ...: Small marks variously made to indicate infinity, hesitation, duplication, or lack of imagination.
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Think of your favorite teacher you ever had in school: the one who made it the most fun to go to class. They surprise you. They keep you guessing. They keep you coming back, wanting to know what's going to happen next.
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Why can't I be friends with somebody who's gay? Why not? You can miss out on a lot by being so small-minded and stereotypical about people. It's stupid.
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How shall a man escape from that which is written; How shall he flee from his destiny?
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In spite of photographs taken in beer halls or nightclubs showing her cuddling up to some strapping, smirking youth, it seems that the romantic cliché was true: when she met Adolf Hitler, Eva Braun met her destiny.
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A teacher sent the following note home with a six-year-old boy 'He is too stupid to learn.' That boy was Thomas A. Edison.
