Thomas A. Edison Quotes
I do not believe in the God of the theologians; but that there is a Supreme Intelligence I do not doubt.
Quotes to Explore
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The financial catastrophe of 2008 nearly precipitated a calamitous economic depression, jolting America and much of the West into a sudden recognition of their systemic vulnerability to unregulated greed.
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That's what I love about our music - it'll never be a hit because you can't dance to it.
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In the north we could not hope to keep the worst and poorest servant for a single day in the wretched discomfort in which our negro servants are forced habitually to live.
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I went to Antarctica on a science research boat just to sort of clear my head.
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I would take plays and I would cut out all the other dialogue and make long monologues because I felt the other kids weren't taking it as seriously as I did.
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I just want to be myself and be real and be funny.
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I probably have traveled and walked into more variety stores than anybody in America.
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You have to be a crazy guy and a little eccentric to be very successful.
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The journey matters as much as the goal.
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What I love about jazz is that it's full of legends, full of myths. It's an oral history because it started in New Orleans and Kansas City, under the radar.
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You've got to separate the singer and the songs.
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I was thinking on the rollers today that, before a race, if I could just pick my brain up and put it on the side of the track for four minutes, it would be perfect.
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When I'm not surfing or sailing, I am to be found at the harbour working on my boat.
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My real dream is to have a whole, like, buy a whole piece of land. Imagine, like, a long driveway. Like, a cul de sac-type street, with maybe, like, seven houses. Me be right here. Have my mom be able to be right here. My brother over here. My girl's grandmother and family right here. Friends over there. That's my real dream.
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Every little girl wanted to be Natalie Wood, as did I.
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I chose the Egyptian dream: the dream to make a TV show, and then be called an infidel by the end.
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In Spain, we should have enough intelligence, enough sense of individual and collective responsibility to do for ourselves that which would be imposed upon us by a dictatorship.
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And these things are pretty much foundational: thou shall not kill, steal, bear false witness. All these things are embedded into the laws we enjoy in our nation.
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Life isn't supposed to be easy. Generally speaking, the harder something is the more rewarding the results will be.
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I believe the human race is ready to make a quantum leap forward spiritually and morally.
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I was lucky enough to be fairly quick at understanding what was taught, but unlucky enough not to be really interested in it, so I always got my exams but never had the scholar's love of learning for its own sake.
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I have more perspective now, and am happier now. It's not that I don't want success, but I now know I can have success at a lower level and make much more money doing it by myself. I make $6 or $7 bucks a record vs. nothing off those other records.
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This is all dog feces, all over the floor. The farther you go back in the house, the worse it gets.
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I do not believe in the God of the theologians; but that there is a Supreme Intelligence I do not doubt.
