Gunter Grass

Melancholy has ceased to be an individual phenomenon, an exception. It has become the class privilege of the wage earner, a mass state of mind that finds its cause wherever life is governed by production quotas.

German Author

Jeffrey Gitomer

Many salespeople are trying to make their quota rather than developing a deeper belief in their product or service - and even worse, they don't have a strong enough belief in themselves.

American Author

Lexi Alexander

Truth: I loathe the idea of being hired because of my gender, and I shudder at the thought that one day I show up on set, and half of the crew thinks, 'Here comes the quota hire.

German Director

Min-sik Choi

There's something that people misunderstand about screen quotas. It's not about rejecting or hating other countries' films, but about protecting our domestic film industry.

South Korean Actor

Yara Shahidi

I feel comfortable putting my political stances out there without feeling as though I am filling some sort of quota. I don't have a wokeness quota for the day.

American Actress

Esther Duflo

In a way, it has been an advantage for me to be a woman because there is always some academic committee that needs you to fill a quota!

French Economist

Clarence Thomas

I don't believe in quotas. America was founded on a philosophy of individual rights, not group rights.

American Judge

James F. Amos

I'm not out for quotas. I'm out to attract the best young men and women of our nation.

American General

Adam Schiff

Neither the University of Michigan nor its law school uses a quota system.

American Politician

Mukesh Rishi

I am from Jammu, but I studied in Chandigarh in sports quota.

Indian Actor

Quotas are often established by those controlling a system, like governments or organizations.

Authority Set

Once a quota is exceeded, there can be penalties or restrictions.

Limit Exceeded

Quotas can change based on prevailing needs or regulations.

Subject to Change

Quotas may determine if an individual or team meets performance expectations.

Performance Measure

Quotas are sometimes used to motivate employees to achieve a certain level of output or sales.

Motivational Tool

In legal and trade contexts, a quota can control the volume of trading between countries.

Trade Context

Quotas in trade help prevent market monopolies and create fair competition.

Market Balance

Quotas specify exact numbers or amounts allowed which can affect availability and prices.

Quantity Control

 In the densely populated city-states of Mesopotamia, cheese became a staple of culinary and religious life. Some of the earliest known writing includes administrative records of cheese quotas, listing a variety of cheeses for different rituals and populations across Mesopotamia.

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 where thousands of orphans were being kept in medieval conditions. Ceausescu had imposed a quota on the number of children to be produced by each family, thereby making women's bodies an instrument of state economic policy. Children who couldn't be supported by their families

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 They also used this practice as punishment. If rubber quotas weren’t met, soldiers would sever people’s hands and bring them to their commanders instead of rubber. The regime dramatically upended daily life and agriculture, causing widespread starvation and disease.

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 local custom or traditional cultural values that can be used to promote marine conservation and in raja ampat we found that there's this local custom called the sassy which includes applying size limits applying harvest quota taking turns to harvest and seasonal

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 and that deposit would only be returned if the satellite was disposed of properly or if they cleaned up some quota of debris. Or maybe a satellite needs to have technology on board to help accelerate deorbit. There are some encouraging signs.

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 It is my belief that to create these rare game changers requires you to pull off at least five miracles. The problem is, no matter how talented, rich or smart you are, you only get one to one and a half miracles. That's it. That's the quota.

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 pressure, opportunity, and rationalization. Pressure is often what motivates someone to engage in fraud to begin with. It could be a personal debt, an addiction, an earnings quota, a sudden job loss, or an illness in the family.

How people rationalize...

 This helps improve the quota system that's used to manage the fishery and help prevent a collapse of the fish stock and protects this fragile ecosystem. Now, the drones survey the fishing ground using acoustics, i.e., a sonar.

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 herring quotas reassessed and to limit and closely monitor pair trawlers or mini herring maybe small fish but they're part of a large problem we've become so efficient at fishing that we may be imperiling all ocean life what

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 in three separate prides the quota Gore pride is the largest and they're all known by name the oldest female is