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«Don't be buffaloed by experts and elites. Experts often possess more data than judgment. Elites can become so inbred that they produce haemophiliacs who bleed to death as soon as they are nicked by the real world.»
Author: Colin Powell
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«Great leaders are almost always great simplifiers, who can cut through argument, debate and doubt, to offer a solution everybody can understand.»
Author: Colin Powell
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Almost always, argument, cut, cut through, debate, debated, debating, leaders, offer, solution
«Don't be afraid to challenge the pros, even in their own backyard.»
«Keep looking below surface appearances. Don't shrink from doing so just because you might not like what you find.»
Author: Colin Powell
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appearances, below, shrink, shrinks, shrink from, surface
«The commander in the field is always right and the rear echelon is wrong, unless proved otherwise.»
Author: Colin Powell
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commander, commanders, echelon, field, proved, rear, rearing, rears, right field, The Field
«I try to be the same person I was yesterday.»
«Have fun in your command. Don't always run at a breakneck pace. Take leave when you've earned it: Spend time with your families.»
«Think hard about it: I'm running out of demons. I'm running out of villains. I'm down to Castro and Kim II Sung.»
«If you get the dirty end of the stick, sharpen it and turn it into a useful tool»
«Never let your ego get so close to your position that when your position goes, your ego goes with it.»
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