Thomas A. Edison Quotes
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He who rejects change is the architect of decay. The only human institution which rejects progress is the cemetery.
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So yeah, I play the piano for most of the show, but I like rock and roll.
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I figure the faster I pedal, the faster I can retire.
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Be who you are and be that well.
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I hate the giving of the hand unless the whole man accompanies it.
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I'm very, very sensitive to pain and to people who suffer.
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Why would Senator Allen want to oppose saving money for the state? It's simply another example of Republicans fighting the governor tooth and nail against any measure where she might be able to turn the state's budget around.
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Dancing is a very healthy thing to do for our body.
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I received a D.Sc. from the University of London in 1992.
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All of life is a foreign country.
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I always used to watch 'The Daily Show,' and there were all these comedic geniuses there. I didn't know if I was going to be hired full time or not. At the beginning, I was sort of hired as a part time, on and off guy. When I first got hired - it was August 2006 - and I was working on and off, and they'd call me whenever.
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To show a child what once delighted you, to find the child's delight added to your own - this is happiness.
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I'd love to make a thriller.
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I only know it takes weeks to recover, as if one had been in a car accident.
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Laws are to be enforced justly but firmly, with an iron hand. This is the case anywhere, even in a family.
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Even the worst Bond movies, there's something to love about them.
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Whatever is not commonly seen is condemned as alien.
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As you age naturally, your family shows more and more on your face. If you deny that, you deny your heritage.
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I've always been a bit of a space geek. I wrote an article years ago about the neutral buoyancy tank, which is this biblically sized pool where they train astronauts. And it was just the coolest thing.
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The cosmic calendar compresses the local history of the universe into a single year. If the universe began on January 1st it was not until May that the Milky Way formed. Other planetary systems may have appeared in June, July and August, but our Sun and Earth not until mid-September. Life arose soon after.
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Everything that's transported over ground, whether it's people or parcels, will be impacted by autonomous vehicle technology.
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Books, like proverbs, receive their chief value from the stamp and esteem of the ages through which they have passed.
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[On Mao Tse-tung] Mao, he had the right idea but just got bushwhacked.
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The value of an idea lies in the using of it.
