"Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration" nghĩa là gì?
Bức tượng Thomas Edison. Photo by rtsturdevant
"Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration" = thiên tài là 1% cảm hứng và 99% đổ mồ hôi (câu nói nổi tiếng của Thomas Edision) -> nghĩa là để đạt được thành công, thiên tài cũng phải nỗ lực rất nhiều.
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Thomas Edison reportedly said genius is 10 percent inspiration and 90 percent perspiration. If that’s true, you can witness (chứng kiến) the difference 10 percent makes at Charlotte Symphony Orchestra concerts this weekend.
Science (khoa học) is a lot of grunt (làu bàu) work. Perseverance (kiên trì) will get you a long way. The adage (ngạn ngữ) about "90% perspiration and 10% inspiration" isn't too far off the mark when it comes to doing science.
The most famous bromide (lời nói sáo) we associate with Edison, about how genius is 10 percent inspiration and 90 percent perspiration, doesn't fit with the culture at large today. We prefer to have our epiphanies (nhận thức) in air-conditioned rooms. We don't like to sweat.
The light went on above my head and I thought of Thomas Edison. “Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.” In my hazmat suit (quần áo chống chất nguy hiểm) I was perspiring (toát mồ hôi) plenty, so I took the jock-strap (quần lót nam) idea and stored it in my inspiration folder for later.
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