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"Be able to resign. It will improve your value to the President and do wonders for your performance."
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"I accept that responsibility and ask only that I be judged by my performance as its chief executive."
"Is it not strange that desire should so many years outlive performance?"
"Your performance gets you promoted. It doesn't matter if you're brown, back or white."
"I still get really nervous, though, before each performance. It kind of hits about 15 minutes before we go onstage - sometimes I don't even want to go on. But once I'm onstage I'm fine."
"My friends joke that I'm dead until I get onstage. I'm dead right now as you're speaking to me."
"I think you can really tell a good actor if you can put a camera on them and they can just talk and emote and react and you don't have to keep cutting away from them, because they are the language and the behavior. It's all a tour-de-force performance."
"I always wanted, and still aspire, to be something more than just one thing, just one performance."
"The candidates before you know that the IFP has set up a system of deployed IFP national and provincial leaders who are not only monitoring the performance of candidates during these elections but will also do so after these elections."
"I say this quite deliberately, this is the finest Shakespearean performance I've seen."
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"When asked for your views, by the press or others, remember that what they really want to know is the President's views."
"The price of being close to the President is delivering bad news. You fail him if you don't tell him the truth. Others won't do it."
"Enjoy your time in public service. It may well be one of the most interesting and challenging times of your life."
"See that the President, the Cabinet and staff are informed. If cut out of the information flow, their decisions may be poor, not made, or not confidently or persuasively implemented."
"Imagine, a September 11 with weapons of mass destruction. It's not 3,000. It's tens of thousands of innocent men, women and children."
"Visit with your predecessors from previous Administrations. They know the ropes and can help you see around some corners. Try to make original mistakes, rather than needlessly repeating theirs."
"Presidential leadership needn't always cost money. Look for low- and no-cost options. They can be surprisingly effective."
"Reduce the number of lawyers. They are like beavers - they get in the middle of the stream and dam it up."
"Secretary Powell and I agree on every single issue that has ever been before this administration except for those instances where Colin's still learning."
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