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One of the hallmarks of a good devil speech is the focus on short-term gains over long-term well being.
“People are not all wounded in the same spot. It behooves you to know what part of you is vulnerable so you can protect it most of all.”
― How to Keep Your Cool: An Ancient Guide to Anger Management
― How to Keep Your Cool: An Ancient Guide to Anger Management
“He might love to read, but he was certainly no "greasy grind.”
― The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York
― The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York
“But, in the fight of his later career, what is most interesting is that when he realized that, because of the handicap of his religion, his brilliance and idealism would not take him to the top in the world of Yale, he made, within Yale, a world of his own, and a world, moreover, in which, in collegiate terms, he had power and influence.”
― The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York
― The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York
“The quality of decision is like the well-timed swoop of a falcon which enables it to strike and destroy its victim.”
― The Art of War
― The Art of War
“Nothing would have been easier for King Antigonus53 than to order the execution of two of his soldiers; while leaning against the king’s tent, they were doing what people do with great delight, even though it’s very dangerous, bad-mouthing their own king. Antigonus heard it all, as there was only a piece of cloth between the talkers and the listener. He moved that cloth gently aside and said, “Move further off, so the king won’t hear you.”
― How to Keep Your Cool: An Ancient Guide to Anger Management
― How to Keep Your Cool: An Ancient Guide to Anger Management
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