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A computer can tell you down to the dime what you've sold, but it can never tell you how much you could have sold.

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