W. Edwards Deming Quotes
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I don't have any message in the music. Music will be fine as long as you take care of yourself.
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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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On paper I would be a rather bold individual in our culture.
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I lean into all things that are a little off. I will always wear overalls. At this point, I find a way in most of my life to wear a jumpsuit or an overall, anything that's sort of like an all-in-one situation. I do that on the red carpet a lot.
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We are evolving as one species - not only as Americans, Syrians, Russians, Chinese, and jihadists. We cannot attack one without inflicting forms of violence and destruction upon ourselves. This is our new reality.
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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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Human well-being is not a random phenomenon. It depends on many factors - ranging from genetics and neurobiology to sociology and economics. But, clearly, there are scientific truths to be known about how we can flourish in this world. Wherever we can have an impact on the well-being of others, questions of morality apply.
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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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It frequently happens that two persons, reasoning right on a mechanical subject, think alike and invent the same thing without any communication with each other.
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Surely a King who loves pleasure is less dangerous than one who loves glory?
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I don't think anybody wants to see a dour 'Star Trek' movie.
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It has been extraordinary, wonderful, I've been three feet off the ground since I made that first record.
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I have this threadbare caftan from the '60s that I got at a vintage store years ago - it's basically a muumuu. My friends are astonished that I wear it, but I love it. It's this light fabric that just moves with me.
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I would never call a neighbor an enemy. But I would request the neighbor to be a good neighbor, to see that the neighbor's interest is a stable prosperous neighbor, a neighbor that is doing well.
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The daily calendar seemed, to me, like a kind of cartoon black hole, and you didn't have to be a rocket scientist to know that that couldn't be sustained indefinitely. That's why I pulled the plug on that one after the '02 edition. Kind of a preemptive strike.
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That's why for Zakk Wylde's Black Label Society the colors are black and white. There are no gray issues. Life is black and it's white. There's no in-between.
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While I feel it's important for films to examine our society, I don't particularly like watching the films that do it.
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Time management is really key for me.
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Practice Golden-Rule 1 of Management in everything you do. Manage others the way you would like to be managed.
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The newspaper is in all its literalness the bible of democracy, the book out of which a people determines its conduct.
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The most effective leaders of companies in transition are the quiet, unassuming people whose inner wiring is such that the worst circumstances bring out their best. They're unflappable, they're ready to die if they have to. But you can trust that, when bad things are happening, they will become clearheaded and focused.
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The worker is not the problem. The problem is at the top! Management!
