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The reason that university politics is so vicious is because stakes are so small

Henry Kissinger

Policy is the art of the possible, the science of the relative.
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Art Policy Possible Science
Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac.
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One Liner Power
America has no permanent friends or enemies, only interests
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Enemy Friendship
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 Live Strong Time Weakness
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
Postcolonial countries. All have sought to overcome the legacy of colonial.
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Oppression Rule
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
The Soviet Union would never be bound by agreements, Deng warned; it understood only the language of countervailing force.
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Force Language Understand
I want to thank you for stopping the applause. It is impossible for me to look humble for any period of time.
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Humble Impossible Myself Praise Stop Thankful Time
History knows no resting places and no plateaus
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History Nature Place
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
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
In his essay, ‘Perpetual Peace,’ the philosopher, Immanuel Kant, argued that perpetual peace would eventually come to the world in one of two ways, by human insight or by conflicts and catastrophes of a magnitude that left humanity no other choice. We are at such a juncture.
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Human Humanity Nature Peace Philosophy World
Every victory is only the price of admission to a more difficult problem
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Difficult Price Problem Victory
The reason that university politics is so vicious is because stakes are so small
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Politics Reason
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

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