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Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.


Thomas A. Edison

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EHUD OLMERT My competition is 6 feet underground ? Thomas Edison.
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THOMAS ALVA EDISON I'm proud of the fact that I never invented weapons to kill
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THOMAS ALVA EDISON Being busy does not always mean real work. The object of all work is production or accomplishment an...
THOMAS ALVA EDISON We do not know one millionth of one percent about anything.
THOMAS ALVA EDISON