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Strategy Quotes
"These young guys are playing checkers. I'm out there playing chess."
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"The best CEOs I know are teachers, and at the core of what they teach is strategy."
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"Previous journeys in search of treasure have taught me that a zigzag strategy is the best way to get ahead."
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"Image perception makes a big difference. That's one of the things I tell entrepreneurs today. Fine, focus on products, focus on customers and all that good stuff - that's necessary. But the image that you project is also key. Don't forget that."
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"Kiril sat up and raked a hand through his hair. In the light of dawn, Shara was still on his mind. She was a Dark, a spy sent to monitor a spy."
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"I think the players, I put in the book for example that we should go back to wood rackets, probably they laughed at me, I'm a dinosaur, but I think that you see these great players, have even more variety and you see more strategy, there'd be more subtlety."
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"If a man is dumb, someone is going to get the best of him, so why not you? If you don't, you're as dumb as he is."
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"The President, the Administration and the campaign need a theme. I am concerned that the President is seen as a tactician without an overall strategy of his plan for the country."
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"If there was one weapon he had against these savages, it was not acknowledging their existence."
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"The realization of a sustainable economic development strategy for Maine's Native American communities has always been a priority and a critical element of my administration's overall economic development strategy."
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"Choose your battles wisely. Unless you have a very high chance of victory, spare your energy and walk away."
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"If Americans could legally access prescription drugs outside the United States, then drug companies would be forced to re-evaluate their pricing strategy."
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"Holly clambered after him, struggling up the human-size steps. 'Wait! Just wait,' she called, overtaking Artemis and looking him in the eye from one step up. 'I know you, Artemis. You like to play your genius card close to your chest until the big reveal. And that's worked out for us so far. But this time you need to let me in. I can help. So, tell me the truth, do you have a plan?'Artemis met his friend's gaze and lied to her face. 'No,' he said. 'No plan."
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"Okay, gang,' I said, 'according to blueprints, there's an elevator access panel on the east side of the building. We may get a little dirty, but-''I thought we'd just go through the doors,' Liz said, flashing three beautifully engraved invitations and some wonderfully authentic fake IDs.The tickets were $20,000 each. The Secret Service had been vetting the guest list for weeks, so Bex and I stopped beneath a streetlamp and studied Liz.'Do I even want to know where you got those?' I asked.Liz seemed to ponder it, and then she said, 'No."
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"If you can't win by reason, go for volume."
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"Prepare for Success. Feel the satisfaction and power of having your act together! Get organized beforehand to get better results. Prior Planning Prevents Poor Performance."
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"The most honorable part of a network are the hubs, not the nodes that lead to nowhere."
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"What the ten commandments set forth is a strategy. This strategy is a strategy for dominion."
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"There are roads which must not be followed, armies which must be not attacked, towns which must not be besieged, positions which must not be contested, commands of the sovereign which must not be obeyed."
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"The world is changing. Networks without a specific branding strategy will be killed. I envision a world of highly niched services and tightly run companies without room for all the overhead the established networks carry."
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"Clinging to any form of conservatism can be dangerous. Become too conservative and you are unprepared for surprises. You cannot depend on luck. Logic is blind and often knows only its own past. Logic is good for playing chess but is often too slow for the needs of survival."
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"If you're explaining, you're losing."
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"It's beneficial to have a reputation for honesty, if only so that one can lie at crucial moments."
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"Part of the art of survival as a coward is not letting things get to the point where that cowardice is exposed."
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"When obstacles arise, you change your direction to reach your goal; you do not change your decision to get there."
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"If people keep stepping on you, wear a pointy hat."
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"If his forces are united, separate them."
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"Always think at least two steps ahead [in everything, with everyone]."
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"Max had to think about these new developments. He hadn't liked getting hit by a rock--his stomach still ached from then rock Judith had thrown--but then again, when his team had used rocks on Alexander, it had caused him to surrender. Now the Bad Guys only had three soldiers left, which would make victory for Max's team more likely. So now it made perfect sense. He was wrong to ban rocks, or even animals. The key was to use all the weapons at one's disposal, but to just make sure you won when you used them."
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"Therefore the clever combatant imposes his will on the enemy, but does not allow the enemy's will to be imposed on him."
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"The key to any game is to use your strengths and hide your weaknesses."
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"Whoever is first in the field and awaits the coming of the enemy, will be fresh for the fight; whoever is second in the field and has to hasten to battle will arrive exhausted."
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"Conceal your dispositions, and your condition will remain secret, which leads to victory; show your dispositions, and your condition will become patent, which leads to defeat."
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