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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 XXXIX: Never promise to complete any project within six months of the end of the year, in either direction.
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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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Law Number XVI: In the year 2054, the entire defense budget will purchase just one aircraft. This aircraft will have to be shared by the Air Force and Navy 3-1/2 days each per week except for leap year, when it will be made available to the Marines for the extra day.
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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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Two-thirds of the Earth's surface is covered with water. The other third is covered with auditors from headquarters.
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People working in the private sector should try to save money. There remains the possibility that it may someday be valuable again.
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A billion saved is a billion earned.
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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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