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For most of my life I refused to work at any problem unless its solution seemed to be… — Thomas Edison

Interview · Newspaper

For most of my life I refused to work at any problem unless its solution seemed to be capable of being put to commercial use.

Thomas Edison
1917
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InnovationProfit motiveCapitalism
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InterviewNewspaper
Time
1917
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Thomas Edison
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Edison, Thomas Alva. Interview. New York Sun, Feb. 1917.

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