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The key to economic prosperity is the organized creation of dissatisfaction.

Charles Kettering

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Charles Kettering
Age: 82 †
Born: 1876
Born: August 29
Died: 1958
Died: November 25
Engineer
Entrepreneur
Inventor
Derby
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Charles Franklin Kettering
Keys
Creation
Economic
Dissatisfaction
Organized
Prosperity

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