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Every victory is only the price of admission to a more difficult problem

Henry Kissinger

A diamond is a chunk of coal that did well under pressure.
HENRY KISSINGER

Improvement Inspirational Success
Don’t be too ambitious. Do the most important thing you can think of doing every year and then your career will take care of itself.
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Ambitious Care Career Important Thinking
Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac.
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One Liner Power
Later I learned to improve my forecasting—if necessary by asking the visitor in advance what subjects he intended to raise with Nixon.
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Learning Myself Necessary
A more immediate issue concerns North Korea, to which Bismarck’s nineteenth-century aphorism surely applies: We live in a wondrous time, in which the strong is weak because of his scruples and the weak grows strong because of his audacity.
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Growth Issue Live Strong Time Weakness Wonderful
Poor old Germany. Too big for Europe, too small for the world
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Big World
In short, the end justifies the means.
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End Justice
America has no permanent friends or enemies, only interests
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Enemy Friendship
Order always requires a subtle balance of restraint, force, and legitimacy.
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Force Rule
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
Ninety percent of the politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation.
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Politics Reputation
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
For nations, history plays the role that character confers on human beings.
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Character History Human Nation Play
Since Peter the Great, Russia had been expanding at the rate of one Belgium per year.
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Greatness Growth War
Blessed are the people whose leaders can look destiny in the eye without flinching but also without attempting to play God
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Blessing Destiny Eyes God Leadership People Play
History knows no resting places and no plateaus
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History Nature Place

Every victory is only the price of admission to a more difficult problem

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