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Inventing is a combination of brains and materials. The more brains you use, the less material you need.

Charles Kettering

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Charles Kettering
Age: 82 †
Born: 1876
Born: August 29
Died: 1958
Died: November 25
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The only time you mustn't fail is the last time you try.
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We work day after day, not to finish things but to make the future better ... because we will spend the rest of our lives there.
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Every great improvement has come after repeated failures. Virtually nothing comes out right the first time. Failures, repeated failures, are finger posts on the road to achievement. One fails forward toward success.
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