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Thomas Alva Edison
Thomas Alva Edison föddes den February 11th 1847 och dog den 18 October 1931 - who, singly or jointly, held a world record 1.093 patents. In addition, he created the world's first industrial research laboratory.
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 I never did anything worth doing by accident; nor did any of my inventions come by accident; they came by work |
| I never failed once. It just happened to be a 2000-step process. |
| I shall make electricity so cheap that only the rich can afford to burn candles |
| I'm proud of the fact that I never invented weapons to kill |
| If there is a way to do it better...find it. |
| If we all did the things we are capable of, we would astound ourselves |
| If we did all the things we are capable of, we would literally astound ourselves. |
| Invention is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration |
| It is astonishing what an effort it seems to be for many people to put their brains definitely and systematically to work. |
| Just because something doesn't do what you planned it to do doesn't mean it's useless. |
| Keep on the lookout for novel ideas that others have used successfully. Your idea has to be original only in its adaptation to the problem you're working on. |
| Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up. |
| Maturity is often more absurd than youth and very frequently is most unjust to youth |
| Most people don't recognize opportunity when it comes, because it's usually dressed in overalls and looks a lot like work. |
| Nearly every man who develops an idea works it up to the point where it looks impossible, and then he gets discouraged. That's not the place to become discouraged. |
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