Taiichi Ohno Quotes
The Toyota style is not to create results by working hard. It is a system that says there is no limit to people's creativity. People don't go to Toyota to 'work' they go there to 'think'.

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When you play for one run, that's usually all you get. I have nothing against the bunt in its place, but most of the time, that place is in the bottom of a long-forgotten closet.
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My personal view is that I am opposed to the death penalty.
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I'm not shy about trying to find what truth there is in any genre, whether that be an action piece, a sci-fi piece, a small indie film, or a play. I'm open to it all.
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Nice to see your home fans boo you. That's what loyal support is.
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I like to give my inhibitions a bath now and then.
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Almost immediately, I remember right when Tikrit even fell, a few days after Baghdad fell, there was talks of insurgency, there was talks of jihad and of resisting the American occupiers, and slowly this turned into an organized movement.
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I'm not courting labor. I come from a labor background. To me, it's just intuitive.
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When I was coming up as a kid, there were programs that kept me out of trouble and on the straight and narrow in South Central Los Angeles, and I always felt that when I got to a stage where I could provide similar opportunities to kids then I would do that.
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I've never hidden the fact that I'm Jamaican; I will never disown my roots or influences.
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What works for a man, still does not work for a woman - both in terms of how they see themselves and how we see them.
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What I want to do is tell stories about normal people in the American suburbs. I don't write the book where it's a conspiracy reaching the prime minister; I don't write the book with the big serial killer who lops off heads. My setting is a very placid pool of suburbia, family life. And within that I can make pretty big splashes.
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It's grueling never knowing if the audience is going to think you're funny. It's soul-destroying when they don't laugh.
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My brother Martin is two years younger than me. There has never been any competition between us - clearly he was the good-looking one; he was also very sporty, and I am not a football player.
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Life is such a tragicomedy.
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When I was 11, I decided to start rapping, playing guitar, and writing songs. Everything really blossomed from there.
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We still need to be conscious of the fact that Russia has intercontinental ballistic missiles.
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An allegory is not meant to be taken literally. There is a great lack of comprehension on the part of some readers.
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My looks vary, but I definitely think about it and plan. I like to shop, too, so I'm always mixing it up. But normally, I'll be wearing something like a college T-shirt and a sweater, something like that. But I definitely have to plan.
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I love being a dad.
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I think to try to understand human behavior and why people do what they do, and what in their lives have shaped them and impacted them to be who they are, it's something. I mean, that's my entire life.
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You can learn more about leadership by reading about Lincoln than you can from most business books.
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At 6 years old, the ice became a place for me to express myself. Because I was so shy off the ice, it became my safe haven, with music and freedom and self-expression. That was my emotional outlet.
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Cause I swear that I'm dying, slowly but its happening.
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The Toyota style is not to create results by working hard. It is a system that says there is no limit to people's creativity. People don't go to Toyota to 'work' they go there to 'think'.