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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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Charles Franklin Kettering
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People think of the inventor as a screwball, but no one ever asks the inventor what he thinks of other people.
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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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You can't have a better tomorrow if you are thinking about yesterday all the time.
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One fails forward toward success.
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The only time you mustn't fail is the last time you try.
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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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