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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.

Charles Kettering

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Charles Kettering
Age: 82 †
Born: 1876
Born: August 29
Died: 1958
Died: November 25
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What I believe is that, by proper effort, we make the future almost anything we want to make it.
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Research means that you don't know, but are willing to find out.
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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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It doesn't matter if you try and try and try again, and fail. It does matter if you try and fail, and fail to try again.
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Do not bring me your successes they weaken me. Bring me your problems they strengthen me.
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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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Keep on going and the chances are you will stumble on something, perhaps when you are least expecting it. I have never heard of anyone stumbling on something sitting down.
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