I always said to my customer, "I am a fool to sell a picture of Francois Millet's at all, for he is not going to live three months, and when he dies his pictures can't be had for love or money."

我总是对我的顾客说：“我真是个傻瓜，居然卖掉弗朗索瓦·米勒的画，因为他活不过三个月，等他死后无论如何也买不到他的画。”

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I saw you arguing with a customer, "he said crossly."

我看到你和一位顾客在争执什么。

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Their example: a customer is said to "pull" a car from Toyota (a central Lean concept), but the customer "pushes" features into software development.

比如：客户从丰田订购（Pull）一辆汽车（一个精益核心概念），但是却给（Push）软件开发团队很多功能需求。

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With its 2010 acquisition of Aprimo for marketing automation it can deliver a very detailed view of a customer, he said.

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The famous Ritz hotel in Paris has already removed beef from the menus of its five restaurants in response to the BSE scare -- although a spokeswoman said that if a customer specially requested it, beef may be served.

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Homeowner Joyce Harden, a Wells Fargo customer, said she and her husband had been trying to get a loan modification for almost four years, and now the bank was "doing the same thing" to her daughter in Florida.

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