W. Edwards Deming Quotes
The prevailing style of management must undergo transformation. A system can not understand itself. The transformation requires a view from outside.
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I will keep working hard!
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This was just one of many times God has spared me.
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I think I've been around for a while. But I still have to pay my dues.
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I was always interested in the kind of history they didn't teach you in school.
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I grew up in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, and reading was a big part of my life - I'd get through several books a week.
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If people don't find what you are doing threatening, then it is probably not very important.
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Israel, in general, should learn from other nations. We have a tendency to teach the world. In many cases, we should learn from the world, because they make advances.
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I love the ubiquitous idly-dosa combination. In fact, that was my pet name as a kid! In school, I would bug the canteen boys to get me my daily quota of idly!
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Trees and plants always look like the people they live with, somehow.
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I think there's nothing more amazing than helping people every day.
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It's something that I do every year - every Ramadan to be exact - taking an 18-hour flight back home to Malaysia from Los Angeles. I'm born and raised in Malaysia, and Ramadan and Eid has always been my favorite time of the year.
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All the problems we face in the United States today can be traced to an unenlightened immigration policy on the part of the American Indian.
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I wasn't in shape at all before I decided to do boxing. I wasn't an athlete. Before boxing, I would go to the gym for a month and stop.
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I want to go skydiving. I'd love to go to the Galapagos. Nature still excites me.
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You can instill fear in your kids and get them to mind, but they won't function better in the world and your relationship will suffer greatly.
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The Queen's wedding dress in 1947, there was some embroidery on the train which was definitely there to illustrate new dawn/post-war optimism, that sort of thing.
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My great uncle was in 'Dad's Army.' And I don't know if Americans will know that. It was a hugely popular show in England.
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If you have drive and energy, everything is possible.
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I don't know anyone male or female who can quote-unquote have it all. It's a made-up idea. Men don't have it all. They may have it better because they get paid more for the same work, but they don't have it all.
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There is no gay leader anywhere near the stature of Martin Luther King, because black activism drew on the profound spiritual tradition of the church, to which gay political rhetoric is childishly hostile.
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When I was a little boy, Marvin Hagler was my idol. He got no respect for most of his career. His fighting style was straight ahead. He took every shot thrown at him, and he kept punching back 'til he won. I honestly feel that's how I am. I take big shots from people. But I keep going.
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The billionaire founder of investment firm Elliott Management was one of several investors who warned financial ministers in 2007 that a crack in the housing market could cause huge problems for the banking industry.
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There's a lot to learn from President Clinton. It kills me as a strong Republican saying it, but he was the most effective president during my lifetime. And when business got out of line, he smacked them.
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The prevailing style of management must undergo transformation. A system can not understand itself. The transformation requires a view from outside.
