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Goal setting has traditionally been based on past performance. This practice has tended to perpetuate the sins of the past. -- Joseph M. Juran
Any Wall Street advertising that does not go into the boring details of methodology is most likely to be pushing past performance. -- Barry Ritholtz
Firms would be given initial entitlements to gross markup on the basis of past performance. These entitlements would be transferable and a market in them would be developed. -- William Vickrey
Given Mr. Obama's lack of experience as an executive, and his past performance in crises such as the oil spill, it is reasonable for those of us who support the effort in Afghanistan to worry that he will not be up to the job. -- Jim Talent
Mutual fund managers are trapped in this rather deadly vicious circle: the more successful they are, the more money flows into their mutual fund. Then, it is more difficult for them to beat the market averages or even to match their own past performance. -- Ron Chernow
Never compare one student's test score to another's. Always measure a child's progress against her past performance. There will always be a better reader, mathematician, or baseball player. Our goal is to help each student become as special as she can be as an individual--not to be more special than the kid sitting next to her. -- Rafe Esquith
Past performance speaks a tremendous amount about one's ability and likelihood for success. -- Mark Spitz
Past experience with fiscal austerity at home and overseas strongly suggests that it is best for the economy's long-run performance to restrain government spending rather than raise taxes. -- Mark Zandi
The teacher of history's work should be, ideally, not simply a description of past cultures, but a performance of the culture in which we live and are increasingly taking our being. -- William Irwin Thompson
The same things we've done the past couple of seasons. We've worked on the engine and clutch. We'll try and pick up the performance and consistency of the car and go back out there. -- Larry Dixon
Upsetting the dope is a favorite pastime in baseball. Past performances count for but little in the national pastime. Reputations don't get you anywhere. A club is judged solely on results, and to get results, you must win ball games. -- Billy Evans
Writing and singing does give me some kind of release from the demons of my past, it is a therapy of sorts, but to be honest, my marriage played a more important role in the acceptance of myself than performance has ever done. -- Michelle Shocked
I'm completely unlike a lot of other performers in the past who have been forgiven or come to terms with the real world because they tell everyone their performance is 'just a show.' And so, people say, 'Oh, it's OK then. We don't care. He's not really a bad person.' It's not just a show for me. It's my life. -- Marilyn Manson
I absolutely hated 'Gattaca.' I left the theater shaking my head because the science in the film was just terrible. No genetic test will ever tell you how many heartbeats you have left. No genetic test will ever be more accurate in telling an employer how well you'll do at a job than your performance at a past job would be. -- Ramez Naam
High performance leaders create an inspiring future by connecting with a classic and honorable past. -- Andy Hargreaves
Have you set high standards in the past that make it clear what level of performance you demand? -- Tom Peters
Leaders can choose to grow and change, but generally the most powerful predictor of future performance is past behavior. Evaluate them realistically. -- Lee Ellis
Let me realize that my past failures at follow-through are no indication of my future performance. They're just healthy little fires that are gonna warm up my ass -- Ze Frank
America is the civilization of people engaged in transforming themselves. In the past, the stars of the performance were the pioneer and the immigrant. Today, it is youth and the Black. -- Harold Rosenberg

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