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Dean Acheson

"Negotiation in the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties more anxious to agree than to disagree."

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"You've a pretty good nerve," said Ratchett. "Will twenty thousand dollars tempt you?"It will not."If you're holding out for more, you won't get it. I know what a thing's worth to me."I, also M. Ratchett."What's wrong with my proposition?"Poirot rose. "If you will forgive me for being personal - I do not like your face, M. Ratchett," he said."

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"At the dealership, I pulled out the sieve and toyed with it threateningly. When the salesman was ready for me, I held it up, told him I was not a tourist and demanded a large discount."

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"Unfortunately, in collective bargaining one party or the other too often tries to gain an advantage - a bargain, like buying something in a store for less than it is worth."

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"There's no road map on how to raise a family: it's always an enormous negotiation."

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"Among various demands and charges I gave them, was, that the said flag should be delivered to me, and one of the United States' flags be received and hoisted in its place."

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"Every day's a negotiation and sometimes it's done with guns."

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"Not one word," Kel warned. "Tobe and I have reached an understanding." Neal's lips twitched. "Why do I feel you did most of the understanding."

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"One month, two months, I am ready to accept any accord on this point that has the approval of the inspectors."

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"During a negotiation, it would be wise not to take anything personally. If you leave personalities out of it, you will be able to see opportunities more objectively."

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Asa Don Brown

"Negotiation in the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties more anxious to agree than to disagree."

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