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It is man's destiny to ponder on the riddle of existence and, as a byproduct of his wonderment, to create a new life on this earth.

Charles Kettering

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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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This problem, too, will look simple after it is solved.
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I am not interested in the past. I am interested in the future, for that is where I expect to spend the rest of my life.
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No one would have crossed the ocean if he could have gotten off the ship in the storm.
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Do not bring me your successes they weaken me. Bring me your problems they strengthen me.
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Modern psychology teaches that experience is not merely the best teacher, but the only possible teacher.. There is no war between theory and practice. The most valuable experience demands both, and the theory should supplement the practice and not precede it.
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You can't have a better tomorrow if you are thinking about yesterday all the time.
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The sure ways to create new ventures of discovery are to keep an open mind.
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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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All human development, no matter what form it takes, must be outside the rules otherwise we would never have anything new.
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You can send a message around the world in one-fifth of a second, yet it may take years for it to get from the outside of a man's head to the inside.
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One of the things we have to be thankful for is that we don't get as much government as we pay for.
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The whole fun of living is trying to make something better.
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The only time you mustn't fail is the last time you try.
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99 percent of success is built on failure.
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