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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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In America we can say what we think, and even if we can't think, we can say it anyhow.
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We have reason not to be afraid of the machine, for there is always constructive change, the enemy of machines, making them change to fit new conditions.
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