Thomas A. Edison Quotes
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I think if we go back and check our record, the Negro has proven beyond a doubt that we have been more than patient in seeking our rights as American citizens.
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You can take the boy out of Bombay; you can't take Bombay out of the boy, you know.
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In most movies there is a Prince Charming who rides up and saves the girl.
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I was poor. When you're poor you work, and when you're rich you expect somebody to hand it to you. So I think being reasonably poor is very good for people.
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There are many things I love in this world. Music, acting, and animals are at the top of that list.
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As long as the number one worry for people, keeping them up at nights, is whether they're going to have a job in the morning, then they are less likely to resist unfair changes, or unfair treatment, or cuts in real pay at work.
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I never thought of being disadvantaged.
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The whole idea is whatever you do, have fun with it; try to make sure that it's quality and something you don't mind putting your name on.
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The long term sustainable growth in job creation comes from the private sector. It is important that the Obama administration partner with the private sector and come up with the best possible ideas for creating jobs.
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I get really restless when I haven't worked for a day and a half. I have a recurring dream that people are lined up next to my bed, waiting for autographs and taking pictures of me!
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We are called to be architects of the future, not its victims.
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There was electricity in our village only for 2-3 hours a day, so all my life, I studied under a lamp.
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I love the feeling that you get when you can really laugh with a man and be natural and not always think that there's a sexual element going on. For me, flirting with a man means making fun of myself and trying to open myself and be very unpretentious.
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When a noble life has prepared for old age, it is not decline that it reveals, but the first days of immortality.
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Intolerance betrays want of faith in one's cause.
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I always felt more emotionally attached to Cambodia than I did to Vietnam.
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I just had the sense that at least the books that I had read about law just didn't really have enough of that.
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I believe if a private citizen is able to affect public opinion in a constructive way he doesn't have to be an elected public servant to perform a public service.
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The generation of consumers who swallow this pessimistic sentiment can't see past the product to its debased morality. Instead, their excitement about The Dark Knight's dread (that teenage thrall with subversion) inspires their fealty to product.
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Porridge and the urban lifestyle don't mix well.
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My success is the team's success. It's one of those things to a certain degree that it's effort and ability but also how I benefit from what my teammates do, and then it is up to me to perform.
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To have success in your professional life is not so hard. To succeed as a man is more difficult.
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Success depends on how many experiments you can fit into 24 hours.
