They will probably tell you to come back later, after you have finished the product, signed up a few customers, or reached some other future milestone.

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"When people contact me and they want to disappear, I tell them: don't burn bridges, you might want to come back, " he says.

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"Today, I've come back to Springfield to tell you I've found that leader, " he said.

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But Coach will tell you, when them streetlights come on, his ass got to be right back here: Nine o'clock, he's got to be in the house.

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And the branch manager would come back to him and say, listen, you need to tell these guys it's fixed for as long as they need it to be.

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