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February 11 Thomas Edison’s Birthday

February 11 Thomas Edison’s Birthday. “Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up .” “Genius is 1 percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration .” “If we all did the things we are capable of, we would astound ourselves.” 

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February 11 Thomas Edison’s Birthday

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  1. February 11 Thomas Edison’s Birthday “Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.” “Genius is 1 percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration.” “If we all did the things we are capable of, we would astound ourselves.”  “Vision without execution is hallucination.”  EIQ-2.Com

  2. Thomas Edison • Inventor of the phonograph, Thomas Alva Edison became deaf as a child. • After 3 months of school, he was labeled as ‘addled’ because his mind wandered. • He was labeled “too stupid to learn anything.” • He was unable to read until he was twelve years old. • He was a poor writer. • At the age of 20, he was fired by Western Union. • Edison was dyslexic. • He failed numerous times to invent the light bulb: “I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.” EIQ-2.Com

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