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High expectations are the key to everything.

Sam Walton

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Sam Walton
Age: 74 †
Born: 1918
Born: March 29
Died: 1992
Died: April 5
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Samuel Moore Walton
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Job security lasts only as long as the customer is satisfied. Nobody owes anybody else a living.
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I loved retail from the beginning, and I still love it today.
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It's just paper - all I own is a pickup truck and a little Wal-Mart stock.
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