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People should be judged on the basis of their performance, not nationality, personality, education, or personal traits and skills. ↗

— Marvin Bower

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Hence that general is skilful in attack whose opponent does not know what to defend; and he is skilful in defense whose opponent does not know what to attack. ↗

— Sun Tzu

#defend #defense #does #general #hence

Both of my sisters have been teachers and they used to say you get asked between 300 and 600 questions every day which you have to answer. That's exactly what directing is. And the vast majority of those questions are not very interesting really, but they need somebody to make a decision - a good one or a bad one - and they follow it. ↗

— Danny Boyle

#asked #bad #bad one #been #between

Think carefully before asking for justice. Mercy might be safer. ↗

— Mason Cooley

#before #carefully #justice #mercy #might

Any doctor will admit that any drug can have side effects, and that writing a prescription involves weighing the potential benefits against the risks. ↗

— Mark Udall

#against #any #benefits #doctor #effects

I have my favorite cat, who is my paperweight, on my desk while I am writing. ↗

— Ray Bradbury

#cat #desk #favorite #i #i am

Let us return, however, to the League of Nations. To create an organization which is in a position to protect peace in this world of conflicting interests and egotistic wills is a frighteningly difficult task. ↗

— Hjalmar Branting

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You don't need to pray to God any more when there are storms in the sky, but you do have to be insured. ↗

— Bertolt Brecht

#god #insured #more #need #pray

I had been playing for a while, and I asked Louisville Slugger to send me a dozen flame treated bats. But when I got it, I realized they had sent me a box of ashes. ↗

— Bob Uecker

#asked #bats #been #box #dozen

She had called in the debt that parents owe a child for bringing her, unasked, into a strange world. One should never make an offer without knowing full well what will happen if it is accepted. ↗

— David Brin

#bringing #called #child #debt #full