There is no substitute for hard work. — Thomas Edison

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Autobiography and memoir

There is no substitute for hard work.

Thomas Edison

1932

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Hard work Work

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1932

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Thomas Edison

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Edison, Thomas A. Quoted in Thomas A. Edison: The Authentic Life Story of the World's Greatest Inventor, written by Francis Miller. Stanley Paul, 1932.

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