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Stupidity trumps Machiavelli almost every time when you are looking for an explanation.
Robert Foster Bennett
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Robert Foster Bennett
Age: 82 †
Born: 1933
Born: September 18
Died: 2016
Died: May 4
Businessperson
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Salt Lake City
Utah
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Your life is the sum result of all the choices you make, both consciously and unconsciously. If you can control the process of choosing, you can take control of all aspects of your life. You can find the freedom that comes from being in charge of yourself.
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There is no question that al-Qaida operatives are currently active in Iraq. A premature exit before the threat they represent has been dealt with would endanger America and the prospects of eventual peace in the Middle East.
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A dead end can never be a one way street you can always turn around and take another road.
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The U.N. can be very frustrating and at times impotent, but it can also be a valuable forum for discussion and resolution of world problems. We should not walk away from it just because it's failed to live up to its promise.
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I like to think of sales as the ability to gracefully persuade, not manipulate, a person or persons into a win - win situation.
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The discipline you learn and character you build from setting and achieving a goal can be more valuable than the achievement of the goal itself
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True popularity comes from acts of kindness rather than acts of stupidity.
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Martial arts is not about fighting it's about building character.
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If you want plenty of experience in dealing with difficult people, then have kids.
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The situation in Iraq will be long, it will be expensive and it will be difficult. But in the end, Iraq will very much be worth it.
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Those who improve with age embrace the power of personal growth and personal achievement and begin to replace youth with wisdom, innocence with understanding, and lack of purpose with self-actualization.
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If you think Abraham Lincoln became famous for inventing the town car, it is time to spend a few hours on history.
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Not being in tune with your customers is like living in an alternate reality the way you think your customers feel about your product is not always the same as what your customers really think about your product.
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A dream becomes a goal when action is taken toward its achievement.
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Without initiative, leaders are simply workers in leadership positions.
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But very often in politics we have the experience called up from my father when someone was trying to help him in the campaign: I can take care of my enemies, may the Good Lord save me from my friends.
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Negotiating techniques do not work all that well with kids, because in the middle of a negotiation, they will say something completely unrelated such as, 'You know what? I have a belly button!' and completely throw you off guard.
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Visualization is daydreaming with a purpose.
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Peeves do not make very good pets.
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It is not rejection itself that people fear, it is the possible consequences of rejection. Preparing to accept those consequences and viewing rejection as a learning experience that will bring you closer to success, will not only help you to conquer the fear of rejection, but help you to appreciate rejection itself.
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