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"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."
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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
"Death has a tendency to encourage a depressing view of war."
Death
"Don't do or say things you would not like to see on the front page of The Washington Post."
Integrity
"When asked for your views, by the press or others, remember that what they really want to know is the President's views."
President
"Public servants are paid to serve the American people. Do it well."
People
"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."
Truth
"Test ideas in the marketplace. You learn from hearing a range of perspectives. Consultation helps engender the support decisions need to be successfully implemented."
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"No matter what you have, no matter your experience level, sometimes you just need a hand."
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Personal Development
"The denial of assistance is sometimes the greatest assistance. The trick is recognizing when this is the case."
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Personal Development
"My doctor said, for want of a better word, now that we've got medicines out here that can help, let's put you on one of them and say we're treating MS."
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Personal Development
"We had a lot of international help especially from the EU and USA, which helped us to get out of this phase of emergency, to give some dynamism to Kosova."
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Personal Development
"I was sent down to Cuba. Everything had been prepared with the help of Congressman Johnson and his staff."
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Personal Development
"O Lord, help me not to despise or oppose what I do not understand."
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Personal Development
"That's one of my jobs, just trying to do what I can to help this team out as much as possible."
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Personal Development
"I always stayed fit because I'm a performer, and all of those things help me to perform."
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Personal Development
"Therefore it does not help to sneer at the imperfection of today's reality or to preach absolutes as a daily agenda."
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Personal Development
"If you have no job, help is needed."
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Personal Development
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