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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

If Chinese exceptionalism represented the claims of a universal empire, Japanese exceptionalism sprang from the insecurities of an island nation borrowing heavily from its neighbor, but fearful of being dominated by it.
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Fear Insecurity Nation Represent
Because complexity inhibits flexibility, early choices are especially crucial.
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Choice Early Habit Important
The absence of alternatives clears the mind marvelously.
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Absence Mindset
If you don’t know where you are going, every road will get you nowhere.
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Path Road Success Yourself
Nobody will ever win the battle of the sexes. There is too much fraternizing with the enemy.
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Enemy Win
in international affairs a reputation for reliability is a more important asset than demonstrations of tactical cleverness.
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Important Reputation Worth
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
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
For nations, history plays the role that character confers on human beings.
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Character History Human Nation Play
The illegal we do immediately. The unconstitutional takes a little longer.
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Legal Politics Time
In the end, peace can be achieved only by hegemony or by balance of power.
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Achievement End Peace Power
It is one of history’s ironies that Communism, advertised as a classless society, tended to breed a privileged class of feudal proportions.
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Class History Oneself
It’s a pity both sides can’t lose (commenting on Iran-Iraq war, 1980 – 1988)
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Lose War
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
George Bernard Shaw: There are two tragedies in life. One is to lose your heart’s desire. The other is to gain it.
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Desire Heart Life Lose Tragedy Yourself
The issues are too important to be left for the voters.
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Important Issue Vote

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