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One should expect that the expected can be prevented, but the unexpected should have been expected.

Norman Ralph Augustine

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Norman Ralph Augustine
Age: 89
Born: 1935
Born: July 27
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Denver
Colorado
Norman R. Augustine
Norman Augustine
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Law Number XXIX: Executives who do not produce successful results hold on to their jobs only about five years. Those who produce effective results hang on about half a decade.
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Law Number XV: The last 10 percent of performance generates one-third of the cost and two-thirds of the problems.
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Simple systems are not feasible because they require infinite testing.
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A billion saved is a billion earned.
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Law Number IX: Acronyms and abbreviations should be used to the maximum extent possible to make trivial ideas profound ... Q.E.D.
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There are no lazy veteran lion hunters.
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Law Number XIV: After the year 2015, there will be no airplane crashes. There will be no takeoffs either, because electronics will occupy 100 percent of every airplane's weight.
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