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Making a wrong decision is understandable. Refusing to search continually for learning is not.
Phil Crosby
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Phil Crosby
Age: 75 †
Born: 1926
Born: June 18
Died: 2001
Died: August 18
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It isn't what you find, it's what you do about what you find.
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Quality means conformance to requirements, not elegance.
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Improving quality requires a culture change, not just a new diet.
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A rule to live by: I won't use anything I can't explain in five minutes.
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