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Law Number XXXII: Hiring consultants to conduct studies can be an excellent means of turning problems into gold, your problems into their gold.

Norman Ralph Augustine

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Norman Ralph Augustine
Age: 89
Born: 1935
Born: July 27
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Motivation will almost always beat mere talent.
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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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If today were half as good as tomorrow is supposed to be, it would probably be twice as good as yesterday was.
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For every scientific (or engineering) action, there is an equal and opposite social reaction.
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One should expect that the expected can be prevented, but the unexpected should have been expected.
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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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One cannot legislate problems out of existence. It has been tried.
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We believe in the wisdom once expressed by the hockey star Wayne Gretzky, who explained his success by saying, 'I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been.'
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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 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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