"A hero knows it takes hard work and a long time to get published; a fool thinks it should happen immediately, because he thinks heÕs a hero already."

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Source: Online Extra: At Costco, Good Jobs and Good Wages. Interview with Michelle Conlin, www.bloomberg.com. May 31, 2004.

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