There cannot be a crisis next week. My schedule is already full.
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Henry A. Kissinger Quote
“High office teaches decision making, not substance. It consumes intellectual capital; it does not create it. Most high officials leave office with the perceptions and insights with which they entered; they learn how to make decisions but not what decisions to make.”
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