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The Wright brothers flew right through the smoke screen of impossibility.

Charles Kettering

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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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I could do nothing without my problems they toughen my mind. In fact, I tell my assistants not to bring me their successes for they weaken me, but rather to bring me their problems, for they strengthen me.
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I am not interested in the past. I am interested in the future, for that is where I expect to spend the rest of my life.
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