Thomas A. Edison Quotes
None of my inventions came by accident. I see a worthwhile need to be met and I make trial after trial until it comes. What it boils down to is one per cent inspiration and ninety-nine per cent perspiration.
Quotes to Explore
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I've fallen victim to worrying about what everybody thinks. It's never going to be that everyone is happy. You just gotta know what you like and go with it.
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When I was six, the Korean War broke out, and all the classrooms were destroyed by war. We studied under the trees or in whatever buildings were left.
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I'm not against technology, but all tools should be used to their best advantage. We should be spending our time on things that have staying power, instead of on the latest thought of the latest blogger - and then moving on quickly to the next blogger.
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Well, you know what? The same people that get driven crazy by hip hop are the same people that probably listen to the type of music that drives me crazy. Like, Journey covers.
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I look good. I feel good and not to sound conceited I sound great.
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I went to quite an academic school, and all my friends were going to university, but even before my acting jobs, I didn't want to do that. I didn't want to spend another three years being institutionalised, and I feel that getting out of that system benefited me in quite a few ways.
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Conviction without experience makes for harshness.
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Producing should be a creative responsibility.
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We need to send Barack Obama back to Chicago. I'd like to send him back to Kenya, back to Indonesia. We have to unmask this man. This is a man that seeks to destroy all concept of God. And I will tell you what, this is classical Marxist philosophy.
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Emmitt Smith is a great running back. One of the things I like about him along with Edgerrin James is that neither one of them 'show out' when they run a touchdown.
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I guess what all artists want is for their work to touch someone or for it to be thought provoking.
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'The Shining,' 'A Nightmare on Elm Street,' 'Halloween.' Those are the greats.
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The interval between a cold expectation and a warm desire may be filled by expectations of varying degrees of warmth or by desires of varying degrees of coldness.
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The world is being run by irresponsible spoiled brats.
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It's never too late - in fiction or in life - to revise.
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We all do stupid things.
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As for myself, I was never against Russia.
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The pain of powerlessness is excruciating. It is the most painful experience in the earth school, and everyone shares it.
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The danger inherent in all force grows stronger when it is likely to gain success, for then it becomes temptation.
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Russia has a long history of propaganda and trying to influence various nation's cultures and elections. It's happening. They seem to have stepped up their game.
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Tyrannies not only want to control your mind and thoughts but your flesh as well.
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I just know that there are two theories when arguing with women. And neither one works.
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Necessity, mother of invention.
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None of my inventions came by accident. I see a worthwhile need to be met and I make trial after trial until it comes. What it boils down to is one per cent inspiration and ninety-nine per cent perspiration.
