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Alexander Graham Bell Quotes

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'Before anything else, preparation is the key to success.'

'Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work at hand. The sun's rays do not burn until brought to a focus.'

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

'The nation that secures control of the air will ultimately control the world.'

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

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

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Self-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings. - Samuel Johnson
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Scotland and France form their 'Auld Alliance' - 1295, Battle of Southwark - 1450, Newton’s Principia Published - 1687, Giant Hailstone Hits Plumstead - 1925, National Health Service established - 1948
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