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"One thing that most comic artists avoid is showing decisions. They show action, sure, and they show results, but they don't show (because it's difficult to show) the hero or the villain making a choice."

"The offhand decision of some commonplace mind high in office at a critical moment influences the course of events for a hundred years."

"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."

"There are a lot of things that have to be considered in National. The military aspect of it is only one of them. I'm confident that President Bush will have all of those things laid out for him before he makes the decision."

"So I don't blame Boies for the decision of the Court at all."

"The trip to Iraq confirmed that I made the right decision when I voted against lending Iraq the $18 billion the United States plans to use to help rebuild the country."

"Jerry Rice made the decision and we honestly tried to accommodate him the best way we can."

"There are goods so opposed that we cannot seize both, but, by too much prudence, may pass between them at too great a distance to reach either."

"It is only in our decisions that we are important."

"Decisions should be based on facts, objectively considered."
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"In international or national crises, there are always questions of lack of confidence. You have to change the minds of the people in order to get results."

"In Finland we have equal political rights for women and men. We do not regard ourselves according to sex."

"Finland had a civil war less than 100 years ago, just like in Ireland. If you look at the history of newly independent nations, civil war is almost every time present, even in the United States."

"That is where consensus-building begins-with the idea that you have your own truth, but that the negotiator on the other side of the table has his own truth as well."

"We Finns represent a very transparent and open-minded way of reaching political decisions."

"If there is something I would like to do as President of the General Assembly, it is to place more emphasis on the issue of education, which enables a better life for women."

"If you come to a negotiation table saying you have the final truth, that you know nothing but the truth and that is final, you will get nothing."

"There are big issues, like the reform of the Security Council. These kinds of questions are something the President of the General Assembly must keep his eye on."
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