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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.
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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In America we can say what we think, and even if we can't think, we can say it anyhow.
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What I believe is that, by proper effort, we make the future almost anything we want to make it.
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A man must have a certain amount of intelligent ignorance to get anywhere.
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I could do nothing without my problems they toughen my mind. In fact, I tell my assistants not to bring me their successes for they weaken me, but rather to bring me their problems, for they strengthen me.
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