Thomas A. Edison Quotes
I never once made a discovery ... I speak without exaggeration that I have constructed three thousand different theories in connection with the electric light ... Yet in only two cases did my experiments prove the truth of my theory.
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But we must create in each person a sense of responsibility in order that each one of us can have the right to enjoy all his rights.
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Fear is the dark room where the Devil develops his negatives.
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One of the banners I would put up in front of any American president and new administration is 'Do not overreact to your predecessors' policies.'
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For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth; to know the worst and provide for it.
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I couldn't follow nobody's rules.
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I'll have the chance to do a production number on A Capitol Fourth.
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There are wonderful restaurants in London. I love Indian food and I like Arab food, and I go very often to the Arab restaurant Noura.
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The moment there is suspicion about a person's motives, everything he does becomes tainted.
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My hair and my accent are sort of my main assets.
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My little son, Atticus, desperately needs his dad and I haven't been there for him... and that's sad.
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I think the reason they cast me as the good girls is because they couldn't find any in Hollywood.
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E-commerce is applicable to Russia, just as it's applicable to any other market.
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Most people are unable to write because they are unable to think, and they are unable to think because they congenitally lack the equipment to do so, just as they congenitally lack the equipment to fly over the moon.
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I'm happy. I give thanks every morning that I can get up, that I still have my husband with me. I'm extremely grateful. After all, how many 93-year-old cover girls do you know?
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Happiness is nothing but temporary moments here and there - and I love those. But I would be bored out of my mind if I were happy all the time.
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Each age, it is found, must write its own books; or rather, each generation for the next succeeding.
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I think media people know we're good at making content and how we can be smart about how to consume it. It's always a balance.
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Our workforce is very co-operative, very flexible, easy to work with and one of the big selling points. The idea that Britain is still back in the labour market of the '70s is utterly bizarre.
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There's always a tension between those who would like to garner wealth, and they contribute a lot to society. There's also those who say, 'I believe in the common good. I want that to be enlarged.' They contribute a lot to society. The tension, the debate, between these two views is extremely important to our progress.
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In most good stories, it is the character's personality that creates the action of the story. If you start with real personality, a real character, then something is bound to happen.
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Something very significant appears to be happening in America. There is a dramatic shift in voter affinity toward the GOP, and it may prove to be the mountain-too-high for Barack Obama's campaign.
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Existentialists are monumentally and monotonously serious; they don't like to joke.
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I never once made a discovery ... I speak without exaggeration that I have constructed three thousand different theories in connection with the electric light ... Yet in only two cases did my experiments prove the truth of my theory.
