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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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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We acquire the strength we have overcome.
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The genius, wit, and the spirit of a nation are discovered by their proverbs.
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I never took a grant or borrowed a penny from anybody. It was partially because I didn't really know how to do that, but secondly, my pride never would have allowed me to. In the beginning it was about doing it the right way, on the merits of the music.
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My style advice to other girls is to be experimental but always have a 'home base' and stick with your comfort style.
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After watching my first World Series in 1977, I wanted to be Reggie Jackson. I bought a big Reggie poster. I ate Reggie candy bars. I entered a phase during which I insisted on having the same style of glasses Reggie had: gold wire frames with the double bar across.
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There is no science in creativity. If you don't give yourself room to fail, you won't innovate.
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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.
