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The difference between intelligence and an education is this: that intelligence will make a good living for you, but education won't do much for you at all.

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 could do nothing without my problems they toughen my mind. In fact, I tell my assistants not to bring me their successes for they weaken me, but rather to bring me their problems, for they strengthen me.
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Inventing is a combination of brains and materials. The more brains you use, the less material you need.
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