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Henry Kissinger

Ninety percent of the politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation.
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Politics Reputation
Poor old Germany. Too big for Europe, too small for the world
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Big World
The issues are too important to be left for the voters.
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Important Issue Vote
A diamond is a chunk of coal that did well under pressure.
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Improvement Inspirational Success
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
Every victory is only the price of admission to a more difficult problem
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Difficult Price Problem Victory
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
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
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
Behind the slogans lay an intellectual vacuum.
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Intellectual Politics
in international affairs a reputation for reliability is a more important asset than demonstrations of tactical cleverness.
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Important Reputation Worth
Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac.
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One Liner Power
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
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 absence of alternatives clears the mind marvelously.
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Absence Mindset

The illegal we do immediately. The unconstitutional takes a little longer.

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