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Thomas Edison Quotes  
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Edison's life as an inventor inspired a lot of the things he said, but they're applicable to most things in life.

	"Hell, there are no rules here - we're trying to accomplish something."
	"If we did all the things we were capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves."
	"Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up."
	"To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk."
	"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 that don't work."
	"Discontent is the first necessity of progress."
	"I am proud of the fact that I never invented weapons to kill."
	"I start where the last man left off."
	"It is astonishing what an effort it seems to be for many people to put their brains definitely and systematically to work."
	"Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure."
	"The chief function of the body is to carry the brain around."

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