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"High office teaches decision making, not substance. It consumes intellectual capital; it does not create it. Most high officials leave office with the perceptions and insights with which they entered; they learn how to make decisions but not what decisions to make."
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"Within the last three years the amount of classified materials has doubled to 15.6 million decisions to classify documents."
"Now, I don't make decisions as fast as I used to."
"My primary lesson, however, was that I'm a solo writer, happiest when I'm making all the executive decisions. I've always been willing to rise or fall on my own merits."
"Increasingly, the central question is becoming who will have access to the information these machines must have in storage to guarantee that the right decisions are made."
"The politicians of New York have everything that is necessary to make proper decisions and they will have to live with what happens afterwards. The worst scenario is the politicians covering their eyes and turning it over to the FBI."
"Strong managers who make tough decisions to cut jobs provide the only true job security in today's world. Weak managers are the problem. Weak managers destroy jobs."
"Making good decisions is a crucial skill at every level."
"Jerry Rice made the decision and we honestly tried to accommodate him the best way we can."
"The German decision to fight is implacable. Even if they were given more than they ask, they would attack just the same, because they are possessed by the demon of destruction."
"The angle from which the line and ball are seen makes a tremendous difference in the call, and the player who is inclined to fret inwardly about decisions should realize this."
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"Most foreign policies that history has marked highly, in whatever country, have been originated by leaders who were opposed by experts."
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"Any fact that needs to be disclosed should be put out now or as quickly as possible, because otherwise the bleeding will not end."
"It is, after all, the responsibility of the expert to operate the familiar and that of the leader to transcend it."
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