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"Genius is one per cent inspiration, ninety-nine per cent perspiration." -
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Top 5 quotes from Thomas Edison
"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."
"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work."
"There's a way to do it better - find it."
"Opportunity is missed by most people because it comes dressed in overalls and looks like work."
"Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up."
Top 5 quotes from Genius
"Jealousy is the tribute mediocrity pays to genius."
"Genius thinks it can do whatever it sees others doing, but is sure to repent of every ill-judged outlay."
"Fortune has rarely condescended to be the companion of genius."
"When a true genius appears in the world, you may know him by this sign, that the dunces are all in confederacy against him."
"Talent does what it can; genius does what it must."
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