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The only time you mustn't fail is the last time you try.
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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If I have had any success, it's due to luck, but I notice the harder I work, the luckier I get.
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A problem thoroughly understood is always fairly simple. Found your opinions on facts, not prejudices. We know too many things that are not true.
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Thinking is one thing no one has ever been able to tax.
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The sure ways to create new ventures of discovery are to keep an open mind.
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Inventing is a combination of brains and materials. The more brains you use, the less material you need.
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The biggest job we have is to teach a newly hired employee how to fail intelligently. We have to train him to experiment over and over and to keep on trying and failing until he learns what will work.
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