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I'm glad you asked. It has nothing to do with oil, literally nothing to do with oil.
Donald Rumsfeld
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Donald Rumsfeld
Age: 88 †
Born: 1932
Born: July 9
Died: 2021
Died: June 29
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Former U.S. Secretary Of Defense
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Donald Henry Rumsfeld
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Don't think of yourself as indispensable or infallible. As Charles De Gaulle said, the cemeteries of the world are full of indispensable men.
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Don't do or say things you would not like to see on the front page of The Washington Post.
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If a person is determined to fight to the death, then they may very well have that opportunity.
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Be precise. A lack of precision is dangerous when the margin of error is small.
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Well, so be it. Nothing's perfect in life, so you have an election that's not quite perfect. Is it better than not having an election? You bet.
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I stand for 8-10 hours a day. Why is standing limited to four hours?
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The Cold War was a war, and we won it.
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Many people around the President have sizeable egos before entering government, some with good reason. Their new positions will do little to moderate their egos.
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If in doubt, don't. If still in doubt, do what's right.
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If you try to please everybody, somebody's not going to like it.
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Don't be a bottleneck. If a matter is not a decision for the President or you, delegate it. Force responsibility down and out. Find problem areas, add structure and delegate. The pressure is to do the reverse. Resist it.
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There are a lot of people who lie and get away with it, and that's just a fact.
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Do you have any regrets? Of course I do.
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Don't blame the boss. He has enough problems.
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Success tends to go not to the person who is error-free, because he also tends to be risk-averse. Rather it goes to the person who recognizes that life is pretty much a percentage business. It isn't making mistakes that's critical it's correcting them and getting on with the principal task.
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