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• But the thing is, I was never looking at a strategic way of gaining fame. That's not why I'm doing this.

  Lily Collins

  Way, Fame

  "Lily Collins interview: I'm not doing this for fame" by Katie Mulloy, www.theguardian.com. April 7, 2012.

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• Too often in the past, U.S. leaders have forced Israel to pay the price for American strategic interests in the Middle East - through concessions in the peace process as well as passivity in the face of Iraqi attacks

  Ron Silver

  Peace, Past, Pay The Price

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• I read all the books on Fairfax in the British Library, did a lot of horse riding and studied military tactics of the time, finding out that he actually laid his rose garden out in strategic formations! But Method acting is a label I don't really understand, because there's a method to everybody's acting. In terms of jumping into a character's skin, I try to immerse myself in the role as much as possible to bring me closer to them. All I do is what's required to achieve what I want to achieve.

  Dougray Scott

  Horse, Military, Book

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• A determination or an effect within a system which is no longer that of a presence but of a diffrance, a system that no longer tolerates the opposition of activity and passivity, nor that of cause and effect, or of indetermination and determination, etc., such that in designating consciousness as an effect or a determination, one continues - for strategic reasons that can be more or less lucidly deliberated and systematically calculated - to operate according to the lexicon of that which one is de-limiting.

  Jacques Derrida

  Determination, Lexicon, Etc

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• I don't think it was a patriotic war. I think it was a mistake, a strategic mistake, and I think that the president of the United States wasn't patriotic in going after Saddam Hussein. He simply misled America and cost us casualties and killed and injured America's reputation around the world without valid reason for doing so. It's not patriotic; it's wrong.

  Wesley Clark

  War, Mistake, Patriotic

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• This obligation to move can be a burden to a player without strategic vision.

  Garry Kasparov

  Moving, Player, Vision

  Garry Kasparov (2010). “How Life Imitates Chess: Making the Right Moves, from the Board to the Boardroom”, p.27, Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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• Teaching is a strategic act of engagement.

  James A Bellanca

  Educational, Teaching, Engagement

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• I think we're living in a time when size is not a strategic advantage, necessarily.

  Michael Hyatt

  Thinking, Challenges, Size

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• The United States...has a warm and a unique relationship of friendship with Israel that is morally right. It is compatible with our deepest religious convictions, and it is right in terms of America's own strategic interests. We are committed to Israel's security, prosperity, and future as a land that has so much to offer the world.

  Jimmy Carter

  Religious, Unique, Israel

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• Since the foundation of the State of Israel, the United States has stood by her and helped her to pursue security, peace, and economic growth. Our friendship is based on historic moral and strategic ties, as well as our shared dedication to democracy.

  Ronald Reagan

  Dedication, Israel, Ties

  United States. President (1981-1989 : Reagan), United States. President (1981-1989 : Reagan)., Ronald Reagan, United States. Office of the Federal Register (1982). “Ronald Reagan”

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• Our nation must engage with the rest of the world. But to be successful, we must listen. Our interaction with the world must be a conversation, not a monologue... these exchanges are a strategic pillar of our nation's public diplomacy.

  Dina Powell

  Successful, Presidential, Pillars

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• The mistakes of the Iraq war are not only tactical and strategic, but historical. It is essentially a war of colonialism, attempted in the post-colonial age.

  Zbigniew Brzezinski

  War, Mistake, Iraq

  "The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer", January 11, 2007.

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• We would continue our commitments, president and cabinet, to the manner of negotiations as a strategic and political reality, through which we would pick up the fruits of our struggle and our people's sacrifice.

  Mahmoud Abbas

  Struggle, Commitment, Sacrifice

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• Today's enterprise IT architecture is about integrating systems to meet business needs. Consequently, IT architects can't - and don't - live in a vacuum. To address that reality, Catalyst Conference 2006 will delve into strategic infrastructure technologies with the depth to which our clients have grown accustomed. With the larger number of Cross-Cutting Concerns sessions, we'll also clearly illustrate how these technologies relate to each other, and how roles, geographies, and business processes intersect within an enterprise.

  Jamie Lewis

  Cutting, Technology, Reality

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• The secret of big and revolutionary actions also consists in discovering the tiny step that is simultaneously a strategic step, insofar as it entails additional steps in the direction of a better reality.

  Gustav Heinemann

  Reality, Secret, Tiny

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• Our new strategic plan emphasizes the importance of providing access to records anytime, anywhere. This is one of many initiatives that we are launching to make our goal a reality.

  Allen Weinstein

  Reality, Goal, Records

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• The reality is that China is a much stronger power today, because the economic dimension has been added to the military and strategic one.

  Sugata Bose

  Military, Reality, Stronger

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• I am very pleased with the progress of the new CBS Corporation. The Company's rapid pace of change and innovative approach to emerging business opportunities can be seen in the many strategic announcements we have made over these past few months. The more focused and more nimble organization we sought to create has become a reality and that aggressive spirit of excellence and innovation will continue to benefit shareholders for many years to come.

  Sumner Redstone

  Past, Opportunity, Reality

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• I support such a review, ... But the reality is that we don't need the results of a strategic study to know that there are some pressing problems in our military that demand our attention and our assistance now.

  Joe Lieberman

  Military, Reality, Support

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• The costs savings was a big win, but now we also have a schedule of events and are clearly aware of when our contracts begin and end...we are much more strategic about how we source now.

  Jason Kennedy

  Winning, Insightful, Events

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• Intuitions come first, strategic reasoning second.

  Jonathan Haidt

  Intuition, Firsts, Reasoning

  Jonathan Haidt (2012). “The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion”, p.70, Vintage

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• The end is what you want, the means is how you get it. Whenever we think about social change, the question of means and ends arises. The man of action views the issue of means and ends in pragmatic and strategic terms. He has no other problem; he thinks only of his actual resources and the possibilities of various choices of action. He asks of ends only whether they are achievable and worth the cost; of means, only whether they will work. ... The real arena is corrupt and bloody.

  Saul Alinsky

  Real, Mean, Men

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• Bringing together the right information with the right people will dramatically improve a company's ability to develop and act on strategic business opportunities.

  Bill Gates

  Opportunity, People, Together

  Bill Gates (2009). “Business @ the Speed of Thought: Succeeding in the Digital Economy”, p.24, Hachette UK

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• All my other relationships with men, there was so much maneuvering and strategic decisions and stuff.

  Carol Leifer

  Men, Decision, Stuff

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• ...but highly placed sources within the Kennedy Administration disagreed: "[T]he assumption that the strategic nuclear balance mattered in any way was wrong... As far as I am concerned, it made no difference... If my memory serves me correctly, we had some five thousand strategic nuclear warheads as against t heir three hundred. Can anyone seriously tell me that their having three hundred and forty would have made any difference? The military balance wasn't changed. I didn't believe it then, and I don't believe it now..."

  Robert McNamara

  Memories, Military, Believe

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