W. Edwards Deming Quotes
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I'm a very good thinker, but I sometimes grab the wrong word. I say something I didn't think through adequately. I mean, I don't type my speeches, then sit up there and read them off the teleprompter, you know. I wing it.
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You've got to be taught to hate and fear.
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I want to be with those who know secret things or else alone.
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The United States has been enriched by Muslim Americans. Many other Americans have Muslims in their families or have lived in a Muslim-majority country - I know, because I am one of them.
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The little I know I owe to my ignorance.
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You put anyone in the outfit, and they look like Gandalf. Not that clever.
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It takes half your life before you discover life is a do-it-yourself project.
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When you're making movies you've got to get obsessive.
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When you're younger they always try to get you to do every ninny role that's going.
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Stuffed vine leaves tend to burn and/or stick when you cook them. To avoid this, use a heavy based pan lined with a few layers of second-rate leaves.
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If you're going on a plane journey, you're more likely to take one of my stories than 'Finnegan's Wake.'
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The first thing you have to do is accept that decay sets in and there's nothing you can do about it.
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I know it starts at home, but all families are not staying together.
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You break her heart, I'll break your neck.
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When you run into something interesting, drop everything else and study it.
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There's nothing wrong with anger provided you use it constructively.
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You well know, sir, that when the Constitution was submitted to the People of the respective States for their adoption or rejection, it awakened the warmest debates of the several State conventions.
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For awhile after you quit Keats all other poetry seems to be only whistling or humming.
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I love going to the movies; I love watching good movie actors. They must know something I don't.
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I have crazy eyebrows, so it's crucial to tame them. Just like your hair, they set off your features.
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I don't know why my shoes are so popular - I am always surprised and mystified by it.
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Never go out to meet trouble. If you just sit still, nine cases out of ten, someone will intercept it before it reaches you.
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All of a sudden I was living what is perceived to be the model life. It was just full-on, 24 hours a day. It was work all the time. And there's always a party to go to.
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If you do not know how to ask the right question, you discover nothing.
