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While the United States has been busy creating lawyers, we have been busier creating engineers.

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Akio Morita
Age: 78 †
Born: 1921
Born: January 26
Died: 1999
Died: October 3
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I believe one of the reasons we went through such a remarkable growth period was that we had this atmosphere of free discussion.
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Never break another man's rice bowl.
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More people are interested in trying to shuffle paper assets around than building lasting assets by producing real goods.
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I believe people work for satisfaction.
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There is no secret ingredient or hidden formula responsible for the success of the best Japanese companies.
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The only sure thing is that in business there are no sure things.
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I believe it is a big mistake to think that money is the only way to compensate a person for his work. People need money, but they also want to be happy in their work and proud of it.
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Curiosity is the key to creativity.
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All you need is the best product in the world, the most efficient production in the world and global marketing.
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Without an organisation that can work together, sometimes over a very long period, it's difficult to see new projects to fruition.
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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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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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