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We often say that the biggest job we have is to teach a newly hired employee to fail intelligently... to experiment over and over again and to keep on trying and failing until he learns what will work.
Charles Kettering
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"We often say that the biggest job we have is to teach a newly hired employee to fail intelligently... to experiment over and over again and to keep on trying and failing until he learns what will work."
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We often say that the biggest job we have is to teach a newly hired employee to fail intelligently... to experiment over and over again and to keep on trying and failing until he learns what will work. — Charles Kettering

About Charles Kettering

Charles Kettering was a Inventor from United States (1876–1958).

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This quote is attributed to Charles Kettering, a Inventor from United States.
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Charles Kettering lived from 1876 – 1958.
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