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This is the heart of my argument: We can put more pressure on the antagonist for whom we show human concern.


Barbara Deming

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ANGELICA BRIDGES we
sat there
smoking
cigarettes
at
5
in the morning.
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BARBARA DEMING If you can't describe what you are doing as a process, you don't know what your doing.
BARBARA DEMING They did a really good job.
BRIAN DEMING We were short some girls. If we had them, it might have been very close.
BRIAN DEMING They really did an impressive job.
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BRIAN DEMING Last year we didn't have any points, so to get on the point scale is a big deal.
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BRIAN DEMING We have tried to keep up a good standard, but it's been hard.
ADAM DEMING For now, though, oil and gas are irreplaceable.
CLAIBORNE DEMING We hope the start-up is flawless. But we have never done anything like it. We could start putting oi...
CLAIBORNE DEMING We have tried to keep up a good standard, but it's been hard. We've really had difficulty maintainin...
ADAM DEMING In God we trust; all others must bring data
EDWARDS DEMING Learning is not compulsory. Neither is survival.
W.EDWARDS DEMING We have some gaps in the system that need to be addressed. I'm not sure Florida has the type of moni...
ADAM DEMING We expect to get back to 125,000 barrels per day quickly.
CLAIBORNE DEMING Just put two people in a car instead of one.
CLAIBORNE DEMING The faster the fervor goes up, the faster prices go up. But they will go down sooner or later, proba...
CLAIBORNE DEMING The heat signal from this planet is so strong that Spitzer was able to resolve its disk, in the sens...
DRAKE DEMING Our direct measurement confirms this estimate.
DRAKE DEMING We basically play whatever Kim wants to play, and whatever he plays he has fun with. He often will p...
DOUG DEMING An audience really gets the once-in-a-lifetime chance to see one of today's most compelling blues ar...
DOUG DEMING We have no gimmicks. We play pure traditional music from the heart, with an image that conveys a dee...
DOUG DEMING I hope it gets cold pretty quick. I'm getting calls from people in Ohio and Indiana who usually come...
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DOUG DEMING Whoa! There's not as much ice here as I thought there was. I don't think we'll go any farther.
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CLAIBORNE DEMING If you can't describe what you are doing as a process, you don't know what you're doing.
W. EDWARDS DEMING Quality is pride of workmanship.
W. EDWARDS DEMING It is not enough to do your best; you must know what to do, and then do your best.
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W. EDWARDS DEMING You should not ask questions without knowledge.
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W. EDWARDS DEMING Whenever there is fear, you will get wrong figures.
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W. EDWARDS DEMING The emphasis should be on why we do a job.
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W. EDWARDS DEMING Learning is not compulsory but neither is survival.
W. EDWARDS DEMING Learning is not compulsory... neither is survival.
W. EDWARDS DEMING Learning is not compulsory but neither is survival.
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W. EDWARDS DEMING It is not necessary to change. Survival is not mandatory.
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W. EDWARDS DEMING A bad system will beat a good person every time.
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W. EDWARDS DEMING If you can't describe what you are doing as a process, you don't know what you're doing.
W. EDWARDS DEMING Quality starts in the boardroom.
W. EDWARDS DEMING There is a penalty for ignorance. We are paying through the nose.
W. EDWARDS DEMING There must be consistency in direction.
W. EDWARDS DEMING You can not define being exactly on time.
W. EDWARDS DEMING It does not happen all at once. There is no instant pudding.
W. EDWARDS DEMING If you do not know how to ask the right question, you discover nothing.
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W. EDWARDS DEMING Does experience help? NO! Not if we are doing the wrong things.
W. EDWARDS DEMING Hold everybody accountable? Ridiculous!
W. EDWARDS DEMING Eliminate numerical quotas, including Management by Objectives.
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W. EDWARDS DEMING We must understand variation.
W. EDWARDS DEMING Management by results is confusing special causes with common causes.
W. EDWARDS DEMING Let us ask our suppliers to come and help us to solve our problems.
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W. EDWARDS DEMING Lack of knowledge . . . that is the problem.
W. EDWARDS DEMING If you stay in this world, you will never learn another one.
W. EDWARDS DEMING Innovation comes from the producer -- not from the customer.
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W. EDWARDS DEMING Cease dependence on inspection to achieve quality. Eliminate the need for inspection on a mass basis...
W. EDWARDS DEMING Break down barriers between departments. People in research, design, sales, and production must work...
W. EDWARDS DEMING A leader of transformation, and managers involved, need to learn the psychology of individuals, the ...
W. EDWRDS DEMING Our customers should take joy in our products and services.
W. EDWARDS DEMING We want best efforts guided by theory.
W. EDWARDS DEMING Choice of aim is clearly a matter of clarification of values, especially on the choice between possi...
W. EDWARDS DEMING The customer is the most important part of the production line.
W. EDWARDS DEMING We do not know what quality is.
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W. EDWARDS DEMING Any manager can do well in an expanding market.
W. EDWARDS DEMING Confusing common causes with special causes will only make things worse.
W. EDWARDS DEMING A manager of people needs to understand that all people are different. This is not ranking people. H...
W. EDWARDS DEMING You can not inspect quality into the product; it is already there.
W. EDWARDS DEMING Off we go to the . . . Milky Way!
W. EDWARDS DEMING The program has helped our local farmers develop unique and beneficial products.
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W. EDWARDS DEMING All anyone asks for is a chance to work with pride.
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BARBARA STEELE Italian cameramen grow up immersed in an awareness of light. It is part of their mythology.
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BARBARA STANWYCK Career is too pompous a word. It was a job, and I have always felt privileged to be paid for what I ...
BARBARA STANWYCK Egotism - usually just a case of mistaken nonentity.
BARBARA STANWYCK A major problem for Black women, and all people of color, when we are challenged to oppose anti-Semi...
BARBARA SMITH One of the greatest gifts of Black feminism to ourselves has been to make it a little easier simply ...
BARBARA SMITH You can only paint through your experience and sub-consciousness.
BARBARA SMITH This invisibility, however, means that the opportunities for creative research are infinite.
BARBARA SMITH Black women as a group have never been fools. We couldn't afford to be.
BARBARA SMITH Black women, whose experience is unique, are seldom recognized as a particular social-cultural entit...
BARBARA SMITH It's essential to distinguish between events that are really beyond your control and events you ...
BARBARA SHER We are like violins. We can be used as doorstops, or we can make music.
BARBARA SHER You don't have to get it right the first time.
BARBARA SHER