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Great ideas come from everywhere if you just listen and look for them. You never know who's going to have a great idea.

Sam Walton

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Sam Walton
Age: 74 †
Born: 1918
Born: March 29
Died: 1992
Died: April 5
Businessman
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Economist
Entrepreneur
Kingfisher
Oklahoma
Samuel Moore Walton
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Some families sell their stocks off a little bit at a time to live high, and then - boom - somebody takes them over, and it all goes down the drain.
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One thing my and mother and dad shared completely was their approach to money - they just didn't spend it.
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I believe in always having goals, and always setting them high.
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Individuals don't win in business, teams do.
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Curiosity doesn't kill the cat it kills the competition.
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I'd hate to see any descendants of mine fall into the category of what I'd call 'idle rich' - a group I've never had much use for.
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Exceed your customer's expectations. If you do, they'll come back over and over. Give them what they want - and a little more.
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High expectations is the key to everything.
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I've always been driven to buck the system.
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Share your profits with all your associates, and treat them as partners. In turn, they will treat you as a partner, and together you will all perform beyond your wildest expectations.
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Do it. Try it. Fix it.
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There's absolutely no limit to what plain, ordinary, working people can accomplish if they're given the opportunity and encouragement to do their best.
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I think my constant fiddling and meddling with the status quo may have been one of my biggest contributions to the later success of Wal-Mart.
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Swim upstream. Go the other way. Ignore the conventional wisdom.
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The goal as a company is to have customer service that is not just the best, but legendary.
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There are only four things in life that matter. The first is happiness and I'll sell you the other three for a dollar.
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When all else fails, put on a costume and sing a silly song.
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...You can make a positive out of most any negative if you work at it hard enough.
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Each Wal-Mart store should reflect the values of its customers and support the vision they hold for their community.
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