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If I have had any success, it's due to luck, but I notice the harder I work, the luckier I get.

Charles Kettering

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Charles Kettering
Age: 82 †
Born: 1876
Born: August 29
Died: 1958
Died: November 25
Engineer
Entrepreneur
Inventor
Derby
Vermont
Charles Franklin Kettering
Work
Luckier
Dues
Notice
Luck
Harder
Success

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