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You can be totally rational with a machine. But if you work with people, sometimes logic often has to take a backseat to understanding.

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My solution to the problem of unleashing creativity is always to set up a target.

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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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Executives of the company must have the necessary qualities to direct the personnel by showing them the way to do things.

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

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

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

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Management of an industrial company must be giving targets to the engineers constantly; that may be the most important job management has in dealing with its engineers.

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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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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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If we face recession, we should not lay off employees; the company should sacrifice a profit. It's management's risk and management's responsibility. Employees are not guilty; why should they suffer?

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Never break another man's rice bowl.

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

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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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Curiosity is the key to creativity.

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We want everybody to have the best facilities in which to work, but we do not believe in posh and impressive private offices.

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If you go through life convinced that your way is always best, all the new ideas in the world will pass you by.

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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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