Koichi Tanaka quotes
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“I suppose the reason I chose electrical engineering was because I had always been interested in electricity, involving myself in such projects as building radios from the time I was a child.”
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“Upon receiving my notification of acceptance to the university, my parents noticed that they were obliged to submit to the university, among other things, a copy of my official family register. After much mental anguish, they decided to inform me of the secret of my birth.”
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“The thought grew strong in me that since I had gone to the trouble of being born, I might as well be useful in helping people live long and healthy lives. And this thought has always resided in the back of my mind.”
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“However, the occasional visit of success provides just the excitement an engineer needs to face work the following day.”
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“In such an environment, I was able to study things that could be of immediate usefulness to the world. That learning experience undoubtedly served me well when I eventually entered the work force.”
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“The tenacious character I've possessed since I was a small child propelled me to successfully meet this challenge, and I was able to safely gain acceptance to the university of my choice.”
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“I cannot say that I was a particularly diligent student, especially during the lower grades.”
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“My natural mother died one month after I was born, apparently due to giving birth at an advanced age.”
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“Find your own dream! Keep this dream and take good care of it and then sometime you will accomplish something [and feel the intense satisfaction that only the achievement of a long held, worthwhile goal can give].”
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“From my father, I learned the importance of working sincerely at things to which I had committed myself, and to persevere untiringly even in the face of little progress.”
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“My grandmother valued even the smallest of things.”
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“The Faculty of Technology of Tohoku University is renowned for its tradition of practical studies.”
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“In 1978, I entered Tohoku University, into the Department of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Technology.”
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“Most of the work performed by a development engineer results in failure.”
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“When it came time to find employment, I set my sights on becoming an engineer at a home electronics manufacturer, a field that was closely related to my major at university.”
-- Koichi Tanaka
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