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A problem thoroughly understood is always fairly simple. Found your opinions on facts, not prejudices. We know too many things that are not true.
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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Every time you tear a leaf off a calendar, you present a new place for new ideas and progress.
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Action without intelligence is a form of insanity, but intelligence without action is the greatest form of stupidity in the world.
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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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Inventing is a combination of brains and materials. The more brains you use, the less material you need.
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Don't bring anything to me but trouble.
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Obsolescence is a factor which says that the new thing I bring you is worth more than the unused value of the old thing.
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A man must have a certain amount of intelligent ignorance to get anywhere.
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