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I mean, my father was Thomas Edison when it came to inventing punishments.† (source)

He himself had been renamed after Thomas Edison, the great inventor.† (source) James Dashner, The Scorch Trials, 2010

Thomas Edison's last words were: "It's very beautiful over there."† (source) John Green, Looking for Alaska, 2005

As he drives me up the street, away from Thomas Edison Elementary School, I see some kids who seem to be fazed by my departure.† (source) Dave Pelzer, A Child Called It, 1995

A few weeks earlier Thomas Edison, known widely as "the Wizard of Menlo Park," had paid a visit to Burnham's shanty.† (source)

By now, it had become something of a family joke, their Thomas Edison Mami, their Benjamin Franklin Mom.† (source)

There's a poster with Thomas Edison's quote: GENIUS IS 1 PERCENT INSPIRATION AND 99 PERCENT PERSPIRATION.† (source) Lauren Oliver, Before I Fall, 2010

For example, many important people throughout history were considered different, such as Thomas Edison, Albert Einstein, Harriet Tubman, Peter Tchaikovsky, and Abraham Lincoln.† (source)

I mean, who's there been, really, since Thomas Edison?† (source)

He droned on insultingly, invoking Lincoln, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Dale Carnegie, Spinoza, Thomas Edison, Sigmund Freud.† (source) William Styron, Sophie's Choice, 1976

And supposing he happens to be a Thomas Edison?† (source) Roger Zelazny, Lord of Light, 1967

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Many think Thomas Edison set up the first industrial research laboratory.

I nodded my head as Thomas Edison Elementary School came into view.† (source) Dave Pelzer, The Lost Boy, 1997

The next day after school, I physically dragged Carlos to Thomas Edison Elementary.† (source) Dave Pelzer, The Lost Boy, 1997

My mind returned to the Thomas Edison School in Daly City, California, September, 1972.† (source) Dave Pelzer, A Child Called It, 1995

I left Thomas Edison Elementary School without having a single friend.† (source) Dave Pelzer, The Lost Boy, 1997

I felt a coldness that was worse than the one at Thomas Edison Elementary School.† (source) Dave Pelzer, The Lost Boy, 1997

He had an angular face, black hair, a black mustache, and dark eyes, the kind of looks soon to be coveted by an industry that Thomas Edison was just then bringing to life.† (source)

Never before had so many of history's brightest lights, including Buffalo Bill, Theodore Dreiser, Susan B. Anthony, Jane Addams, Clarence Darrow, George Westinghouse, Thomas Edison, Henry Adams, Archduke Francis Ferdinand, Nikola Tesla, Ignace Paderewski, Philip Armour, and Marshall Field, gathered in one place at one time.† (source)

One day, out of boredom I convinced Carlos to walk across the street to the new Thomas Edison Elementary School.† (source) Dave Pelzer, The Lost Boy, 1997

My teachers and other staff members at Thomas Edison Elementary School intervened and notified the police.† (source) Dave Pelzer, The Lost Boy, 1997

Larry and I rode down the small street that led into the parking lot of Thomas Edison Elementary School.† (source) Dave Pelzer, The Lost Boy, 1997

Tesla, who did at least as much for electricity as Thomas Edison, had a quasi-romantic fascination with pigeons.† (source)

Without a word, Colin grabbed his book (a biography of Thomas Edison)56 and headed upstairs to his room, where he lay on his bed and read in peace.† (source)

I am the Thomas Edison of conversational stupidity.† (source)

Like Thomas Edison, I think.† (source)

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