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I believe in always having goals, and always setting them high.

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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Swim upstream. Go the other way. Ignore the conventional wisdom.
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