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It is the 'follow through' that makes the great difference between ultimate success and failure, because it is so easy to stop.
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 don't want men of experience working for me. The experienced man is always telling me why something can't be done. The fellow who has not had any experience is so dumb he doesn't know a thing can't be done - and he goes ahead and does it.
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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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