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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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Charles Kettering
Age: 82 †
Born: 1876
Born: August 29
Died: 1958
Died: November 25
Engineer
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Charles Franklin Kettering
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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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The sure ways to create new ventures of discovery are to keep an open mind.
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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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Logic is a system whereby one may go wrong with confidence.
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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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If I have had any success, it's due to luck, but I notice the harder I work, the luckier I get.
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