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"Be precise. A lack of precision is dangerous when the margin of error is small."
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"What is required of a working hypothesis is a fine capacity for discrimination."
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Personal Development
"It has seemed to be more necessary to have regard to the weight of words rather than to their number."
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"Only a person with the true heart of a dictionary-writer would be lying in bed, three days after being stabbed in the gut, worrying about his P's."
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"Be precise. A lack of precision is dangerous when the margin of error is small."
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"Let's nail it down, let's get it right."
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"The weaker the data available upon which to base one's conclusion, the greater the precision which should be quoted in order to give the data authenticity."
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"Don't say "the White House wants." Buildings can't want."
Want
"Prune - prune businesses, products, activities, people. Do it annually."
People
"In our system leadership is by consent, not command. To lead a President must persuade. Personal contacts and experiences help shape his thinking. They can be critical to his persuasiveness and thus to his leadership."
Leadership
"Preserve the President's options. He may need them."
Politics
"Test ideas in the marketplace. You learn from hearing a range of perspectives. Consultation helps engender the support decisions need to be successfully implemented."
Creativity
"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."
Woman
"Enjoy your time in public service. It may well be one of the most interesting and challenging times of your life."
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."
Decision-Making
"Death has a tendency to encourage a depressing view of war."
Death
"Public servants are paid to serve the American people. Do it well."
People
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