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The absence of alternatives clears the mind marvelously.

Henry Kissinger

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
America has no permanent friends or enemies, only interests
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Enemy Friendship
The Art of War articulates a doctrine less of territorial conquest than of psychological dominance; it was the way the North Vietnamese fought America.
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Art Fight War
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
It has the added advantage of being true.
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True
It is not a matter of what is true that counts, but a matter of what is perceived to be true.
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Deep Philosophy True
Corrupt politicians make the other ten percent look bad.
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Appearance Bad Politics
Military men are just dumb, stupid animals to be used as pawns in foreign policy.
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Animal Man Policy Stupidity
A country whose security depends on producing a genius in each generation sets itself a task no society has ever met.
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Genius Security
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
A leader does not deserve the name unless he is willing occasionally to stand alone.
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Alone Deserve Leadership
Americans hold that every problem has a solution; Chinese think that each solution is an admission ticket to a new set of problems.
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Perspective Problem 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
Americans have a tendency to believe that when there’s a problem there must be a solution.
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Believe Problem
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
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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