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Never break another man's rice bowl.

Akio Morita

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Akio Morita
Age: 78 †
Born: 1921
Born: January 26
Died: 1999
Died: October 3
Businessman
Businessperson
Engineer
Physicist
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Men
Rice
Bowl
Bowls
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But make sure you don't make the same mistake twice.
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We treat employees as a member of the family. If management take the risk of hiring them, we have to take the responsibility for them.
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