Eliyahu M. Goldratt Quotes
More importantly, our software worked. I don't just mean that it didn't bump, or that it performed according to the written specifications, or that it was efficient in producing reports. It really worked.
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I care not to debate which came first, Islamism or anti-Muslim bigotry; suffice to say that both feed into each other symbiotically.
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L.A.'s not a good place to grow old.
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My parents weren't extremely successful financially, but they were happy people. They gave me confidence.
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All of the religions are looking after the poor. At least leave me alone to look after the rich. I am the rich man's guru.
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Terrorism is a horrible thing that is the great threat to civilization on our planet.
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There is less fighting in the game than we had years ago. I mean, we penalize it.
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Quite simply, our one hope for spiritual safety during these turbulent times is to turn our minds and our hearts to Jesus Christ.
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I think if I'm serious about affecting people with music, I have to affect people on a human to human level, not on a grand social idea or political idea, it has to be a human being idea so it has to be what's inside a human being.
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Crying is the refuge of plain women but the ruin of pretty ones.
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It was wonderful, and it was great of the Braves to invite us back. It's a godsend that there are so many of us that are still around. We had 21. Isn't that wonderful? It was great of the Braves to do it.
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One may have a blazing hearth in one's soul and yet no one ever came to sit by it. Passers – by see only a wisp of smoke from the chimney and continue on their way.
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Human progress never rolls in on the wheels of inevitability; it comes through the tireless efforts and the persistent work of dedicated individuals who are willing to be co-workers with God and without this hard work time itself becomes an ally of the primitive forces of social stagnation.
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If you're too focused on your current business, it's hard to change and concentrate on innovating.
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It’s been proven that of all the interventions to reduce poverty, improving agricultural productivity is the best.
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As I see it, there are two great forces of human nature: self-interest, and caring for others. Capitalism harnesses self-interest in a helpful and sustainable way, but only on behalf of those who can pay. Government aid and philanthropy channel our caring for those who can't pay. But to provide rapid improvement for the poor we need a system that draws in innovators and businesses in a far better way than we do today.
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The most onerous slavery is to be a slave to oneself.
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I used to think I was a singer; I had my own delusions about it.
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It is not unscientific to make a guess, although many people who are not in science think it is.
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When there is war, the poet lays down the lyre, the lawyer his law reports, the schoolboy his books.
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Contrary to reports, this boy is not a billionaire or going to be richer than any Beatle... and not just in the sense of money, by the way; the Beatles are untouchable - those billionaire reports are a joke.
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Our Lord never called His people to help build the tower of Babel in the hope of getting a Bible study in the basement. He commanded us to build our own city on a hill.
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More importantly, our software worked. I don't just mean that it didn't bump, or that it performed according to the written specifications, or that it was efficient in producing reports. It really worked.
