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I've been to many countries and watched a number of conflicts or their residue, and I've served in the military. ↗

— Ralph Peters

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Almost all quality improvement comes via simplification of design, manufacturing... layout, processes, and procedures. ↗

— Tom Peters

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As far as I'm concerned, the first business leader who was able to establish a cult of personality around his tenure was Lee Iacocca. ↗

— Tom Peters

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If your company has a clean-desk policy, the company is nuts and you're nuts to stay there. ↗

— Tom Peters

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If you don't want to have to kill or capture every bad guy in the country, you have to reintegrate those who are willing to be reconciled and become part of the solution instead of a continued part of the problem. And then, above all, the resources. ↗

— David Petraeus

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This is actually true of the overall fight against al-Qaeda and trans-national extremists, that as you put pressure on them in one location, they'll seek safe haven sanctuaries in other areas. So you do have to continue to pursue them. But they have less capability. ↗

— David Petraeus

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The progress in Iraq is still fragile. And it could still be reversed. Iraq still faces innumerable challenges, and they will be evident during what will likely be a difficult process as the newly elected Council of Representatives selects the next prime minister, president, and speaker of the council. ↗

— David Petraeus

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I was at a bar nursing a beer. My nipple was getting quite soggy. ↗

— Emo Philips

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I was walking down fifth avenue today and I found a wallet, and I was gonna keep it, rather than return it, but I thought: well, if I lost a hundred and fifty dollars, how would I feel? And I realized I would want to be taught a lesson. ↗

— Emo Philips

#dollars #down #feel #fifth #fifty

I know that when I grew up I was pretty sheltered, and didn't come to understand much about the world until I was in my really late teens and early twenties, and that process continues. ↗

— Ryan Phillippe

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