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Thomas John Watson, Sr.

"Recently, I was asked if I was going to fire an employee who made a mistake that cost the company $600,000. No, I replied, I just spent $600,000 training him. Why would I want somebody to hire his experience?"

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"Recently, I was asked if I was going to fire an employee who made a mistake that cost the company $600,000. No, I replied, I just spent $600,000 training him. Why would I want somebody to hire his experience?"

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"Life is a book. Read it. But do not forget to write yours."

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"Experience which was once claimed by the aged is now claimed exclusively by the young."

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"No matter how mistaken Communist ideas may be, the experience and knowledge gained by trying them out have given a tremendous impetus to thought and imagination."

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"I don't know of any other creature on earth other than man that will sit in a corner and cry because of some painful experience in the past."

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