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I established the rule that once we hire an employee, his school records are a matter of the past and are no longer used to evaluate his work or decide on his promotion.

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Akio Morita
Age: 78 †
Born: 1921
Born: January 26
Died: 1999
Died: October 3
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While the United States has been busy creating lawyers, we have been busier creating engineers.
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When I find an employee who turns out to be wrong for the job, I feel it is my fault because I made the decision to hire him.
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If we do our best and make efforts, a peaceful and great future will become ours without fail. Whether we succeed or not depends on the strength of our resolve and the amount of our endeavor.
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