Thomas A. Edison Quotes
The real measure of success is the number of experiments that can be crowded into 24 hours.
Quotes to Explore
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All change is bad. But sometimes it has to be done.
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I think women are really good at making friends and not good at networking. Men are good at networking and not necessarily making friends. That's a gross generalization, but I think it holds in many ways.
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The lurking suspicion that something could be simplified is the world's richest source of rewarding challenges.
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Economically, ISIS is making money every day on the black market with their oil fields. But they are also putting money in banks. We know where those banks are. We should go after the banks and the facilitators using them.
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Grand Slam losses are hard. I treat myself after losses though, I usually go to McDonald's and I have a hamburger and you know, something. Because you know, you just need to be nice to yourself sometimes after the loss.
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All I want to do is get back to a principle-based Congress.
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From that time on, I always had the studios on my neck.
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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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Most fathers don't see the war within the daughter, her struggles with conflicting images of the idealized and flawed father, her temptation both to retreat to Daddy's lap and protection and to push out of his embrace to that of beau and the world beyond home.
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I spent a lot of time in boarding school. This is something I will never do to my kids. I think if you're having kids, then you have to take care of them; otherwise, what's the point? There are many things that parents say are good for the kids, but the truth is they say that because it is good for the parents.
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The 'Outlander' fans are super-passionate.
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I can't say that winning the Pen/Faulkner was a dream come true because I would never have dared to dream it.
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I decided I was going to be an artist who wrote my own songs, and turned down the publishing deal. That meant that the first few years here were really tough financially. I didn't know if I was going to have gas to get home sometimes or could put gas in the car.
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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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Intolerance betrays want of faith in one's cause.
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It is psychologically very hard to go through life without the justification, and the hope, provided by religion.
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God reveals herself through our relationships not only to other people but also to other creatures and nature.
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When I got out of school, I lived the myth of Horatio Alger, and my company was on the cover of 'Fortune' magazine because it processed over ten percent of NASDAQ's daily trading volume. I had achieved what I thought was the pinnacle of success in this proud, techno-capitalist country.
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Just about every Latin American country has sent players to the big leagues, from the Dominican Republic to Costa Rica.
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Any woman that you're in love with or that loves you is going to command a certain amount of, you know, energy. It's actually easier to focus, in some ways.
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Impatience is a great obstacle to success; he who treats everything with brusqueness gathers nothing, or only immature fruit which will never ripen.
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The real measure of success is the number of experiments that can be crowded into 24 hours.
