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Strategy Quotes
"Can't be on the front lines fighting a war with the weapons given to you by the enemy."
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"If you have no competition there's no need to debate."
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"Revenge is a business of calculation, best served cold. Rescue holds more of sacrifice, suicidal danger, and all manner of other madness that should have me running in the opposite direction."
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"That should have been my strategy! By the time I've worked through the emotions of surprise, admiration, anger, jealousy, and frustration, I'm watching that reddish mane of hair disappear into the trees well out of shooting range."
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"Her tactics are brutal. The Marines could employ her."
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"When your army has crossed the border, you should burn your boats and bridges, in order to make it clear to everybody that you have no hankering after home."
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"Synergy without strategy results to waste of energy."
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"The best way to destroy your enemies is to make them adopt your worldview."
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"The greatest general is he who makes the fewest mistakes."
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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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"Now-what's our game plan? Coach Hedge belched. He'd already had three espressos and a plate of doughnuts, along with two napkins and another flower from the vase on the table. He would've eaten the silverware, except Piper had slapped his hand. "Climb the mountain, Hedge said. "Kill everything except Piper's dad. Leave. "Thank you General Eisenhower, Jason grumbles."
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"It is often very useful for others to think you less intelligent than you are," Benedict said, his tone amused. "It works particularly well against those who aren't as intelligent as you in the first place."
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"You have to master the art of selectivity in everything you do. Otherwise, you could be side-tracked by secondary events and opportunities."
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"They will smile, as they always do when they plan a major attack late in the night."
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"You have to be adroit and also patient to make others agree to your terms."
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"We'll go along with it for now. Valkyrie, keep close watch and be ready to swoop to the rescue.'Hopefully swooping will not be required, nor rescue. But I am ready to do both.'He squeezed her hand. "Alex?"I'm ready, too."
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"Every thought creates a plan,every decision creates a way forward, every action brings forth tangible assets. Everything starts from the mind my friend."
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"The art of war teaches us to rely not on the likelihood of the enemy's not coming, but on our own readiness to receive him; not on the chance of his not attacking, but rather on the fact that we have made our position unassailable."
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"You know you're smarter than all of them, right?' Hale said flatly.'In fact, if you wanted to PROVE it...'He glanced at the blackjack tables.Simon shook his head. 'I don't count cards, Hale.''Don't?' Hale smiled. 'Or won't? You know, technically, it's not illegal.''But it's frowned upon.'Sweat beaded at Simon's brow. He sounded like someone had just suggested he swim after eating... run with scissors... 'It is SERIOUSLY frowned upon."
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"I could kill him for her," Fury offered.Vane cleared his throat."Well, he could have an accident," Fury tried again. "Humans have those all the time."
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"Understand both yourself and your enemy, and you shall always emerge victorious."
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"The Beta Male is seldom the strongest or the fastest, but because he can anticipate danger, he far outnumbers his Alpha Male competition. The world is led by Alpha Males, but the machinery of the world turns on the bearings of the Beta Male."
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"You don't need a plan. You have the Puck with you, remember? I'm an expert at this. And I've never needed an elaborate plan to pull anything off...."Worry not, human, the cat sighed, giving himself a thorough shake. "I am going with you as well. With Goodfellow's exemplary planning, someone has to make sure you go through the right door."
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"It's a simple working formula: if who you are and what you have - in your relationships, at home, or on the job - are what you want, that's perfect; keep doing what you've been doing and you'll get more of it. However, if who you are and what you have is less than or different than what you want, you'll have to make some basic changes."
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"One of the first lessons life teaches us is that on these occasions of back-chat between the delicately-natured, a man should retire into the offing, curl up in a ball, and imitate the prudent tactics of the opossum, which, when danger is in the air, pretends to be dead, frequently going to the length of hanging out crAape and instructing its friends to gather round and say what a pity it all is."
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"Fear is a weakness. It makes a person lose her nerve and her cool. It makes people jumpy and organizations nervous, and when that happens, there is always a chance to take advantage."
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"Today's opponents can be your allies tomorrow. And today's allies can be tomorrow's opponents."
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"The focus of gap analysis should be getting to the other side. If you bend-over to analyze a gap too long, you'll probably fall into it."
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"Personal affection is a luxury you can have only after all your enemies are eliminated. Until then, everyone you love is a hostage, sapping your courage and corrupting your judgment."
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"You can be sure of succeeding in your attacks if you only attack places which are undefended."
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"Never, never, never believe any war will be smooth and easy, or that anyone who embarks on the strange voyage can measure the tides and hurricanes he will encounter. The statesman who yields to war fever must realize that once the signal is given, he is no longer the master of policy but the slave of unforeseeable and uncontrollable events."
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"She knows her timing, always knows. The time to strike or the time to starve. Her eyes as a clock, she watches she waits she learns, and in the second she blinks, she changes her mind just like that."
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