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No one would have crossed the ocean if he could have gotten off the ship in the storm.

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Charles Kettering
Age: 82 †
Born: 1876
Born: August 29
Died: 1958
Died: November 25
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Charles Franklin Kettering
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Modern psychology teaches that experience is not merely the best teacher, but the only possible teacher.. There is no war between theory and practice. The most valuable experience demands both, and the theory should supplement the practice and not precede it.
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Do not bring me your successes they weaken me. Bring me your problems they strengthen me.
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