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		<title>The chief function of the body is to carry the brain around.</title>
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		<title>If I find 10,000 ways something won’t work, I haven’t failed. I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is often a step forward.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2024 20:38:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>I never perfected an invention that I did not think about in terms of the service it might give others… I find out what the world needs, then I proceed to invent.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2024 20:38:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2024 20:38:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2024 20:38:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>I failed my way to success.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2024 20:38:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2024 21:35:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>The first requisite for success is the ability to apply your physical and mental energies to one problem incessantly without growing weary.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Mar 2024 13:43:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Many of life&#8217;s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Mar 2024 13:43:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Opportunity is missed by most because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Mar 2024 13:43:04 +0000</pubDate>
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