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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
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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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The more time you spend talking about what you have been doing, the less time you have to do what you have been talking about. Eventually, you spend more and more time talking about less and less until finally you spend all of your time talking about nothing.
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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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People do not win people fights. Lawyers do.
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If stock market experts were so expert, they would be buying stock, not selling advice.
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The process of competitively selecting contractors to perform work is based on a system of rewards and penalties, all distributed randomly.
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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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It's easy to get a loan unless you need it.
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One of the most feared expressions in modern times is 'The computer is down.'
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One cannot legislate problems out of existence. It has been tried.
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A recent government publication on the marketing of cabbage contains, according to one report, 26,941 words. It is noteworthy in this regard that the Gettysburg Address contains a mere 279 words while the Lord's Prayer comprises but 67.
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Motivation will almost always beat mere talent.
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Law Number V: One-tenth of the participants produce over one-third of the output. Increasing the number of participants merely reduces the average output.
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There are no lazy veteran lion hunters.
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Regulations grow at the same rate as weeds.
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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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The more one produces, the less one gets.
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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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