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Thomas A. Edison:
[after the latest attempt to find a filament that will work in the electric light]
Well, we failed again. That's the net result of nine thousand experiments. Michael Simon:
Too bad, Tom. We know the work you have done. We are as sorry as you are that you didn't get results. Thomas A. Edison:
Results? Man, I got a lot of results. I know nine thousand things now that won't work
[after the latest attempt to find a filament that will work in the electric light]
Well, we failed again. That's the net result of nine thousand experiments. Michael Simon:
Too bad, Tom. We know the work you have done. We are as sorry as you are that you didn't get results. Thomas A. Edison:
Results? Man, I got a lot of results. I know nine thousand things now that won't work
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Well we failed again
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That's the net result of nine thousand experiments
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Too bad Tom
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We know the work you have done
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We are as sorry as you are that you didn't get results
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Results Man I got a lot of results
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I know nine thousand things now that won't work
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Movie Summary
82 year old inventor and entrepreneur Thomas Alva Edison is honored in 1929 and he reflects back on his sixty year career of scientific achievement.

