Don't keep forever on the public road, going only where others have gone. Leave the beaten track occasionally and dive into the woods. You will be certain to find something you have never seen before. Of course it will be a little thing, but do not ignore it. One discovery will lead to another, and before you know it, you will have something worth thinking about to occupy your mind, and really big discoveries are the result of thought.

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There are two critical points in every aerial flight-its beginning and its end.

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A man, as a general rule, owes very little to what he is born with - a man is what he makes of himself.

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First words on the first telephone - "Mr. Watson - come here - I want to see you.

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God has strewn our paths with wonders and we certainly should not go through life with our eyes shut.

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One day every major city in America will have a telephone.

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Sometimes we stare so long at a door that is closing that we see too late the one that is open.

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What this power is I cannot say; all I know is that it exists and it becomes available only when a man is in that state of mind in which he knows exactly what he wants and is fully determined not to quit until he finds it.

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The day will come when the man at the telephone will be able to see the distant person to whom he is speaking.

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Great discoveries and improvements invariably involve the cooperation of many minds.

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