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"A man with two watches never knows what time it is." |
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A man with one watch 'thinks' he knows what time it is.
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"That'll learn ya!"
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No. That may teach me, but it remains to be seen whether or not I have learned anything.
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"The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence." |
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The cow pies are greener in the pasture on the other side of the fence.
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"What does the contract say?" |
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What does what the contract says mean?
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"We have harnessed nuclear power." |
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We may have "harnessed" nuclear power, but we have yet to tame it.
(Like the dog that chased and caught the car, now what? What do we do with the spent fuel and other nuclear waste?)
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"Idle hands are the Devil's playing." |
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Busy hands are often up to no good.
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"The data in the report will answer the questions." |
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The data in the report are the questions.
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"Divide and conquer." |
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Divide and be conquered.
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"You can turn right on red." |
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You must stop before turning on red.
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"That's no way to run a railroad." |
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That is the way to run a railroad (or any other entity) ...
-- into the ground,
-- into bankruptcy,
-- into ... anything
but a successful business.
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"The captain always goes down with the ship."
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The captain of a foundering "Corporate ship" typically throws 1/2 the crew and 1/2 the passengers overboard with their luggage ... and gets a bonus for doing so.
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"Just in Time" |
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Leads to procrastination
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"Idiots have rights, too."
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But why should their rights be greater than the rights of the rest of us?
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"Never keep a copy of anything that someone else will have." |
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That person will probably not keep it for as long as you might need it.
And when that person stops keeping it, what will you do?
(You will not even know that they no longer have it -- until you need it.)
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"Time flies when you're having fun." |
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Sometimes, even when you are not having all that much fun, time flies.
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