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You can't have a better tomorrow if you are thinking about yesterday all the time.
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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here is a great difference between knowing a thing and understanding it. You can know a lot and not really understand anything.
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