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Pursue one great decisive aim with force and determination.
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Two qualities are indispensable: first, an intellect that, even in the darkest hour, retains some glimmerings of the inner light which leads…
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Courage, above all things, is the first quality of a warrior.
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It is even better to act quickly and err than to hesitate until the time of action is past.
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Although our intellect always longs for clarity and certainty, our nature often finds uncertainty fascinating.
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Many intelligence reports in war are contradictory; even more are false, and most are uncertain.
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War is regarded as nothing but the continuation of state policy with other means.
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Principles and rules are intended to provide a thinking man with a frame of reference.
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Politics is the womb in which war develops.
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All action takes place, so to speak, in a kind of twilight, which like a fog or moonlight, often tends to make…
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If the leader is filled with high ambition and if he pursues his aims with audacity and strength of will, he will…
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The backbone of surprise is fusing speed with secrecy.
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In war, while everything is simple, even the simplest thing is difficult. Difficulties accumulate and produce frictions which no one can comprehend…
— Carl von Clausewitz
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One curator said he didn't want my work in his gallery because it was so simple even children understood it. I thought,…
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Do not underestimate the human being, who sometimes appears so simple. Even with sight as sharp as an eagle, a mind as…
— Pramoedya Ananta Toer
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Lesbians and gays... they still have to fight, even inside. It's not that simple, even if they seem to be accepted.
— Catherine Deneuve
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Among the many problems with taking the Bible literally is it reduces the most mysterious and complex of realities to simple -…
— Jon Meacham
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What happened was simple, even banal: I became naked, died, lost parts of my flesh and most of my ego along with…
— MacDonald Harris
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My greatest inspiration is my mother, the bravest person I ever knew. She overcame incredible odds, worked while raising two kids, and…
— Safra A. Catz
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No one's place in this world is guaranteed. Not everyone is going to get a happy ending. But life isn't about how…
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