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Curiosity doesn't kill the cat it kills the competition.

Sam Walton

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Sam Walton
Age: 74 †
Born: 1918
Born: March 29
Died: 1992
Died: April 5
Businessman
Businessperson
Economist
Entrepreneur
Kingfisher
Oklahoma
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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We let folks know we're interested in them and that they're vital to us. cause they are.
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Nothing else can quite substitute for a few well-chosen, well-timed, sincere words of praise. They're absolutely free and worth a fortune
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Most everything I've done I've copied from somebody else.
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Information is power, and the gain you get from empowering your associates more than offsets the risk of informing your competitor.
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Celebrate your success and find humor in your failures. Don't take yourself so seriously. Loosen up and everyone around you will loosen up. Have fun and always show enthusiasm. When all else fails, put on a costume and sing a silly song.
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I pay low wages. I can take advantage of that. We're going to be successful, but the basis is a very low-wage, low-benefit model of employment.
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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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