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My chief job is to constantly stir or rekindle the curiosity of people that gets driven out by bureaucracy and formal schooling systems.

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Akio Morita
Age: 78 †
Born: 1921
Born: January 26
Died: 1999
Died: October 3
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In the United States businessmen often do not trust their colleagues. If you trust your colleague today, he may be your competitor tomorrow, because people frequently move from one company to another.
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While the United States has been busy creating lawyers, we have been busier creating engineers.
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The public does not know what is possible. We do.
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The only sure thing is that in business there are no sure things.
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I have always made it a point to know our employees, to visit every facility of our company, and to try to meet and know every single employee.
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