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Where is the Life we have lost in living? Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?

Henry Kissinger

It has the added advantage of being true.
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True
Each success only buys an admission ticket to a more difficult problem.
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Difficult Problem Success
The nice thing about being a celebrity is that if you bore people they think it’s their fault.
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Funny Mistake People Thinking Yourself
When statesmen want to gain time, they offer to talk.
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Man Talk Time
Corrupt politicians make the other ten percent look bad.
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Appearance Bad Politics
Where is the Life we have lost in living? Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?
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Knowledge Life Live Lost Philosophy Wisdom
The art of crisis management is to raise the stakes to where the adversary will not follow, but in a manner that avoids a tit for tat.
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Art Avoid Revenge
The goal of the tribute system was to foster deference, not to extract economic benefit or to dominate foreign societies militarily.
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Goal Oppression
in international affairs a reputation for reliability is a more important asset than demonstrations of tactical cleverness.
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Choice Important Reputation Worth
A turbulent history has taught Chinese leaders that not every problem has a solution and that too great an emphasis on total mastery over specific events could upset the harmony of the universe.
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Greatness History Leadership Peace Problem
The illegal we do immediately. The unconstitutional takes a little longer.
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Legal Politics Time
Poor old Germany. Too big for Europe, too small for the world
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Big World
I am being frank about myself in this book. I tell of my first mistake on page 850.
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Book Mistake Myself
The reason that university politics is so vicious is because stakes are so small
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Politics Reason
If chess is about the decisive battle, wei qi is about the protracted campaign. The chess player aims for total victory. The wei qi player seeks relative advantage.
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Decision Seek Victory
The absence of alternatives clears the mind marvelously.
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Absence Mindset

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