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More people are interested in trying to shuffle paper assets around than building lasting assets by producing real goods.

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I often say to my assistants, "Never trust anybody," but what I mean is that you should never trust someone else to do a job exactly the way you would want it done.

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Our plan is to lead the public with new products rather than ask them what kind of products they want.

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A company will get nowhere if all of the thinking is left to management.

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I consider it my job to nurture the creativity of the people I work with because at Sony we know that a terrific idea is more likely to happen in an open, free and trusting atmosphere than when everything is calculated, every action analysed and every responsibility assigned by an organisation chart.

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An enemy of innovation could be your own sales force.

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All you need is the best product in the world, the most efficient production in the world and global marketing.

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Of course we have to make a profit, but we have to make a profit over the long haul, not just the short term, and that means we must keep investing in research and development - it has run consistently about 6 percent of sales at Sony - and in service.

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When I find an employee who turns out to be wrong for the job, I feel it is my fault because I made the decision to hire him.

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I knew we needed a weapon to break through to the US market, and it had to be something different, something that nobody else was making.

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If you don't want Japan to buy it, don't sell it.

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While the United States has been busy creating lawyers, we have been busier creating engineers.

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We all learn by imitating, as children, as students, as novices in the world of business. And then we grow up and learn to blend our innate abilities with the rules or principles we have learned.

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The only sure thing is that in business there are no sure things.

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I have always made it a point to know our employees, to visit every facility of our company, and to try to meet and know every single employee.

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There is no secret ingredient or hidden formula responsible for the success of the best Japanese companies.

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The public does not know what is possible. We do.

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I believe one of the reasons we went through such a remarkable growth period was that we had this atmosphere of free discussion.

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To gain profit is important, but you must invest to build up assets that you can cash in in the future.

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Japanese people tend to be much better adjusted to the notion of work, any kind of work, as honorable.

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