“Before you say you can't do something, try it.”
Attributed to Sakichi and Kiichiro Toyoda in: Emi Osono, Norihiko Shimizu, Hirotaka Takeuchi (2008), Extreme Toyota: Radical Contradictions That Drive Success at the World's Best Manufacturer. p. 86
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