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Strategy Quotes
"That's the strategy that myself and my party have pursued and are pursuing."
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"One must change one's tactics every ten years if one wishes to maintain one's superiority."
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"I honestly have no strategy whatsoever. I'm waiting for that script to pop through the letterbox and completely surprise me."
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"If the enemy looks just like you, how do you fight him?"
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"Every battle is won before it is fought."
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"You may not be interested in strategy, but strategy is interested in you."
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"Juilin," she asked hesitantly, "what were you going to do with the salt and cooking oil? Not exactly," she added more quickly. "Just a general idea." He looked at her for a moment. "I do not know. But they did not, either. That is the trick of it; their minds made up worse then I ever could. I have seen a tough man break when I sent for a basket of figs and some mice."
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"It is irresponsible for this Congress to not investigate the President's lack of an exit strategy, and the fraud, waste, and abuse of U.S. tax dollars."
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"Compromise isn't so painful if you're the one setting the terms."
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"Give a smile to your enemies and they will go mad wondering what you are plotting against them."
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"There are five dangerous faults which may affect a general:(1) Recklessness, which leads to destruction;(2) cowardice, which leads to capture;(3) a hasty temper, which can be provoked by insults;(4) a delicacy of honor which is sensitive to shame;(5) over-solicitude for his men, which exposes him to worry and trouble."
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"Therefore, just as water retains no constant shape, so in warfare there are no constant conditions."
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"Be ready for every moment, you don't know which check is the checkmate."
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"Through you we learn to be invisible, through you inaudible; and hence we can hold the enemy's fate in our hands."
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"Drilling in ANWR fails to lower energy prices today and sets no long term energy strategy for tomorrow."
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"By confusing strategy with tactics and mixing up "what and "how, we may have a hard time staying on point. What we want, on the one hand, and "how we want to achieve it, on the other, needs a careful reading and a singular approach. ['When the bar is set too high']"
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"Our state's strategy on methamphetamine, and any other issue, is going to be a moving target."
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"Percy's ears turned as pink as Alex's jeans. "Anyway, maybe we've been looking at this all wrong. I've been tying to teach you sea skills. But the most important thing is to use whatever you've got to hand - your team, your wits, the enemy's own magical stuff.""And there's no way to plan for that," I said."Exactly!" Percy said. "My work here is done!"Annabeth frowned. "Percy, you're saying the best plan is no plan. As a child of Athena, I can't really endorse that."
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"The worst calamities that befall an army arise from hesitation."
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"Whether in an advantageous position or a disadvantageous one, the opposite state should be always present to your mind."
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"Defeats are merely repeats with better information."
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"Balk the enemy's power force him to reveal himself."
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"Sometimes running for Congress is a four-year strategy in terms of getting out there and building a network."
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"That strategy of racing for the top five and racing for the win is where everybody wants to be."
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"When you're looking for a needle in a haystack, don't afraid to burn the haystack to save yourself from spending half your life picking through strands of straw."
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"If he sends reinforcements everywhere, he will everywhere be weak."
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"I felt sure we could gain the upper hand by putting ourselves in the mindset of the Incas."
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"If her enemies were Brigan's friends and her friends were Brigan's enemies, then the two of them could walk through the world arm in arm and never be hit by arrows again."
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"If you drop assumptions, and can anticipate the possibilities, you can master the art of strategy. However, if you can only manipulate probability, you can only create a path to victory. But remember, plans can break down. The future is always a step ahead of you. The key is being able to manipulate probability and plan for uncertainty. This way, you don't have to create a path to victory, but manipulate all options so that all paths lead to a victory."
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"No one talked about the fact that in this year under the Obama administration you've seen the highest casualties in Afghanistan. And the fact that it took him almost 90 days to figure out what his strategy is going to be was absolutely appalling."
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"Right, well, we've got to work out what we need. We've got to work out what we need, how we get it, and what we need to get to get what we need."
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"Caleb shoved back from the table and stood to retreat to the kitchen. "No. Find another plan."There is no other plan. This isn't even a plan, merely a nugget of an idea for the start of a plan that's certain to fail and end in your deaths."
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"Where Joe was more vocal and emotional whereas Chuck was very reserved. But, both of them executed great strategy and both of them demanded a lot of their players."
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"You don't destroy what you want toacquire in the future."
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